Question 70: Are you concerned by the assumption that if you do not refer to yourself as “non-binary” or “trans”, you conform to sexist stereotypes?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: RE: “Are you concerned by the assumption that if you do not refer to yourself as ‘non-binary’ or ‘trans’, you conform to sexist stereotypes?”: Only moderately, simply because on a personal level I feel secure enough in myself that it doesn’t concern me too much. This does concern me though when it’s targeting younger women and girls who are still more impressionable and grow up around this whole nonsense.”

Question 71: Are you concerned by the enforcement of rigid sex-role stereotypes?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “The demands of the ‘trans’ movement reinforce gender stereotypes. Non-conforming children are being led to believe there is something wrong with them, when in fact they are normal. Girls can like football and be good at mathematics – they are still girls! There are good reasons for separate women’s spaces – safety, privacy, fairness. These are all compromised by admitting men – and in spite of what they claim, ‘transwomen’ are men. And there’s no such thing as ‘non binary’! Girlhood and womanhood need to be encompassing of the whole of the female sex.”

RESPONDENT COMMENT: “I feel so angry and demeaned by the term ‘cis’ – and the connotation that a ‘cis’ woman is more privileged than a male identifying as a woman. This is so disempowering of women. We are not a sub category. We are adult human females! And we suffer oppression from men and the patriarchy because of our biology (and we need to organise as women to bring about our liberation). As a feminist for almost 50 years, I am appalled by the reliance on sexist stereotypes to define what it is to be a woman (or a man). As feminists and lesbians, we have been ‘non binary’ for years, by which we mean refusing to conform to sexist stereotypes – it is nothing ‘innate’. The contemporary use of ‘non binary’, by those in the trans milieu who claim it, simply keeps me in my box (as a woman) and requires me to conform to sexist stereotypes. It is not progressive!” 

Question 72: Are you concerned by de-transitioners being stigmatised and silenced?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “I am very concerned that troubled young people are being “validated” rather than helped. I’m also concerned about detransitioners finding themselves alone with no support network at such a vulnerable time. Unfortunately I think there is a growing need for services which support detrans people medically and emotionally.”

RESPONDENT COMMENT: “The silencing of Detransitioners should be the biggest red flag of all. Why, WHY would you want to silence them? I lose words when I try to express how appalled I am at the ‘Trans Community’s’ treatment of those who seek to detransition. How can you help anyone if you don’t have all the facts? Why would you not want to hear what EVERYONE says. Why would you not want to hear that maybe mistakes are being made?”

Question 73: Are you concerned about therapists being afraid to attempt exploratory work with clients in case they are accused of performing conversion therapy?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “I am concerned that ‘exploratory therapy’ actually is a way for anti-gay ‘therapists’ to manipulate young people into believing they must perform traditional sex roles under the guise of being progressive. I don’t think more therapy is helpful. I think we need feminist culture and resources and children’s rights. Children have a right to the best healthcare available which doesn’t involve medical transition OR a ‘gender critical therapist’ trying to talk to them about how their feelings of gender are pathological or caused by trauma.” 

Question 74: Are you concerned about having to share women only spaces (e.g. rape crisis centres, domestic violence refuges and homeless shelters, prisons, hospital wards, psychiatric wards, changing rooms etc) with men?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “I hope that, in years to come, women being forced to share intimate, vulnerable spaces with men (prisons, changing rooms, etc.) will be viewed as the crime against humanity that it is. It is monstrous. The thought-terminating cliche of ‘Trans Women Are Women’ might sufficiently reassure a person who has a brief moment of concern when they hear males are being put into prisons alongside females, but this is false. They are men, and men are being given access to the most vulnerable of society’s women, whose frightened voices are drowned out by people who call themselves progressive.”

Question 75. Are you concerned by women having to accept men providing personal care?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “Absolutely terrified of sexual assault and rape victims like me having to submit to male providers for intimate medical care.” 

RESPONDENT COMMENT: “I’ve been putting my physical and mental health at risk because I refuse to have certain procedures and checkups performed by males or to room with them, yet I legally can’t request a woman. I’m concerned about women who DO have that right losing it due to anyone being able to ID as a woman now.”

Question 76: Are you concerned about women being harmed, or missing opportunities, when men compete or play in women’s sports?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “I play a physically aggressive contact sport. Currently I play in a “queer-friendly” women’s league that thankfully is women-only. I am terrified of the day when inevitably I will have to play with/against a trans-identified man. I do not want to choose between a sport I love and my safety.”

RESPONDENT COMMENT: “Men in women’s sport has to be stopped before a woman is killed. I participate in combat sports – training with trusted men is one thing. Competition quite another.”

Question 77: Are you concerned about the growing number of celebrity/influencers “identifying” as non-binary?

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RESPONDENT COMMENT: “Young people I work with are susceptible to the kind of influence exerted by celebrities and other online presences. They swallow the rhetoric hook, line and sinker and as teachers we can’t challenge these ideas without worrying that we fall foul of the Education Act and that we will be reported and hounded out of jobs. As long as it is acceptable for PSHCE programmes in schools to push the gender identity narrative, and for kids to be exposed to adults online celebrating a trans or non-binary identity without challenge kids will consider gender Ideology to be absolute truth.”

Question 78: Would you like to say more about any of these issues?

721 women commented on the questions about sex role stereotypes and other issues raised. 

Thematic coding revealed the most common concerns of women regarding these questions to be:

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Women’s Comments

“The failure of so many people to recognise the sexism inherent in trans and non-binary identities is very depressing.” 

“I live in a homeless shelter and I fear a man could get placed in a room on the women’s floor.”

“I’m very concerned with what kids are being taught about gender. If this stuff had been presented to me in elementary school, I’m confident I would have identified as non-binary. By enforcing toxic stereotypes about what men and women can and can’t do, they’re not only encouraging kids to deny reality, but they’re setting them on this course where medical intervention is likely. They’re also setting kids up to be either demanding little tyrants or to be depressed. When you teach kids that you have a right to demand the rest of the world comply with your delusion, some are going to become extremely controlling of other people’s behavior, and others are going to take it personally when, inevitably, the world contains people who don’t comply. It’s also a manipulative political manoeuvre. They encourage kids to identify as trans, then they point to growing numbers of “trans” kids, then use that as an argument that more “trans rights” (i.e., destruction of women’s rights and free speech rights) are needed. It’s all so toxic. Regarding the lack of bodily privacy and safety, I don’t feel safe anywhere anymore. I try to avoid using public bathrooms unless they’re single stall, which means holding it in a lot when I’m out and about. (When talking about trans access to opposite-sex bathrooms, TRAs love to talk about how dangerous and unfair that is, but they don’t seem to care when their intrusion means that they’ve pushed that problem off onto women.) My work doesn’t have a single-user bathroom. It also means I don’t work out as often as I like. I’m not safe in women’s locker rooms anymore, which means I have no place to change if I want to go straight from work to the gym. So I often don’t go. I’m afraid of getting a doctor, especially a gynecologist, who’s a man pretending to be a woman. Luckily, right now I have a gynecologist because my mom has been seeing her for years and saw her be pregnant, so I know she’s a woman. But when she retires, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I may very well not go to a gynecologist anymore. A health risk, but I don’t know what else to do. The sports issue is patently ridiculous. It flies in the face of so much cold, hard, objective data. It’s the most flagrant disrespect of women’s rights possible behind the fact that they’re putting convicted murderers and rapists in prison cells with women.”

“I am especially concerned about the impact this trend can have in young girls. Girls should have the right to privacy as they grow older and they need to learn that it’s not OK for a man to be in spaces where they are vulnerable.”

“I don’t understand question 70. I am concerned that people who opt not to conform to sexist sex-role stereotypes such as clothing and behaviour and activities are choosing to or feeling pressured into identifying as trans or non binary. Thus they perpetuate these stereotypes instead of questioning them and they rid society of genuine gender (sex-role) non-confirming people.”

“I have been branded transphobic & a bigot by my national governing sporting body for criticising its misleading information for ‘women only’ & ‘female-only’ events when they permit any man who wants to join; for asking for female-only events; for pointing out that males have an irremovable advantage over women in sport. I’ve resigned my volunteer post, as has another woman.” 

“I compete in Amateur sport. A man came to one of our meets and broke all 4 women’s records in our Federation. This Federation has been successful in voiding his records and banning him.” 

“When celebrities and influencers join the GI wagon, it is indeed very very worrying.”

“It feels like an ideology that still has so much steam to run on even though the level and scope of harms is astonishing and terrible. I worry we will never unpick all these dangerous stitches and a lot of lives will be damaged or ruined over all this.”

“It’s all a contagious scam that is putting women’s and children’s wellbeing, health safeguarding and rights at risk.”

“Any society in thrall of this movement robs its young generation from shaping and developing actual personalities. It stifles every conceivable opportunity for growth, intimacy and critical thinking.”

“Sports issue is mind blowing. It’s so obvious, where is the public reaction???”

“It all reminds me of the Acceptance of the paedophile information exchange in the 1980s.”

“The loss of safe hospitals, prisons, intimate care is one of the most abusive aspects of this cult.”

“Gender ideology is identity politics that has surreptitiously taken over nations and captured institutions. It is an insidious movement that Benefits largely those who propound it: It would not surprise me to see big pharma’s role in Propelling a myth so that it takes hold in the way in which it has, colonising language, spaces and women. It is also a Male sex rights movement seeking to normalise fetish and paraphilia. It is misogynistic at its core reinforcing gender stereotypes more than ever before. Instead of saying let children be whom they want to be and express such anyhow, this movement wants us to believe the mistruth that people are born in the wrong body relying on feeling and performance instead.” 

“Women and men should always have their own separate spaces. To include everyone else who doesn’t want to use male and female spaces then a unisex space should be added. This is what women fought for. Don’t take it away. Women have fought for their rights to have our own space. Men should not take this away. If they do then this is all about power. “I am bigger and stronger than you so I can do as I please”. No women deserve respect and have that in law so please leave it there.”

“As a GNC woman I get singled out regularly and asked my pronouns – it’s new homophobia, once again suggesting that lesbians aren’t real women.” 

“Non binary is the worst of the trans identities. It assumes a level of smug victimisation of women and punches down – instead of working to benefit and empower other women these individuals ‘opt out of womanhood like they are something better. It’s a form of anti-feminism.”

“I wish more celebrities would call this gender identity ideology out for what it is, it really is – destabilising and destructive in nature. I greatly admire the ones who have the strength and “integrity to do so. Most celebrities follow fashion and at the moment this ideology is fashionable. Sadly, it is very harmful too.”

“Placing men in women’s jails is in any sane world unthinkable. It is sobering to see how little our law makers & policy makers care about women. I think we may lose a generation of talented female athletes if current thinking prevails.” 

“The new report from Olympic committee proves either they are receiving something in return or really hate women. Or maybe they’re just scared.” 

“Due to my age (78) I am particularly concerned at the prospect of personal care being provided by a ‘trans identifying woman’ i.e. a disguised man. It is bizarre in view of the fact that until recently we have been allowed to request being treated by female doctors or other medical staff.”

“I think celebs being non binary is a ‘trend’ and will go soon. It’s not just about me but I’m concerned about other women, especially women who have less choices in work. Having to do personal care for a trans woman in a women’s service should be a choice but it isn’t for women in these low paying jobs. Any TiM who takes a job as a rape crisis worker should be sacked. They are showing their contempt for women by doing it. Trans women need their own services. We know, regardless of how a man presents himself, he is a man. We see it even with feminisation cosmetics.” 

“Non-binary doesn’t exist.” 

“It’s a massive social contagion because everyone wants desperately to feel and be seen as extra special.” 

“I don’t think the non binary kids know what they’re buying when they buy into these ideas. I don’t think it’s helping them.”

“Until being trans is no longer cool, TRA’s will keep pulling our youth into their cult.”

“Women’s sports and records are being annihilated by mediocre men.” 

“I don’t worry for myself regarding the non-binary thing but I do worry for young people. I wasn’t a particularly glamorous teen/young woman, I wore big boots and combat trousers but it was accepted because ‘grunge’ was the fashion of the time. I wouldn’t have had the inclination for the waxing, make-up and fashion demands on young women today so it’s likely I would be identifying as non binary. However, I find it such nonsense that I struggle to take it seriously despite the fact that the Irish government wants to add it to our legislation as a ‘third sex’.” 

“Identity politics undermines the power of the sex of women as a socio/political force.”

“I spoke to a psychiatrist about gender (my daughter was seeing her for something else) and she was very blase about kids transitioning and parents not being able to use their correct name. It was almost off hand. And this was in CAMHS in Ireland. I was shocked by the way she bought into the ideology as though it was all just fine.” 

“It seems to be fashionable just now to be “non binary”. I don’t understand it.” 

“Stand firm on who you are, it seems that even trying to ‘please ‘ will get you fired or attacked eventually, women need to bond and support each other when this happens.”

“Most of these questions are disturbing and they all cause concern. Q74 and 76 are of most concern in general terms because they affect how women live their lives. M-to-f transitioners retain the advantages that growing up male give them in terms of physical strength, which makes their participation in women’s sport dangerous to women. Examples from rugby concern a women’s team where m-to-f people joined (as their legal right as ‘women’) and the women and girls left the club. In a men’s team a couple of f-to-m people wanted to join, but a condition of their doing so included signing a waiver to agree that if they suffered any injury neither the club nor any player would be liable. Hardly a level playing field.”

“I have enjoyed sport my whole life. I fear the impact on young girls of their pathway to success or enjoyment of sport being blocked by male bodied competitors.”

“Male practitioners/ personal care providers should require a chaperone; even if they self identify as female. Men should be nowhere near any woman who doesn’t want them present. Genuine fears require affirmation and respect. Counsellors need to be allowed to do their job fully without fear.” 

“I can’t have men doing my personal care. I worked in healthcare for 25yrs & there have always been male workers that female staff didn’t trust, so we made sure that they never had the ‘opportunity’ to provide female personal care. I KNOW some male staff will use trans to get their hands on females. Every older nurse has stories of inappropriate males in healthcare.” 

“My concern for 75 is off the chart.”

“Our children are being poisoned by this ideology by people who do not care about them.”

“I’m not concerned by celebrities identifying as non binary. They’re just self serving narcissists trying to stay relevant. What concerns me more is the complete lack of representation and visibility of lesbian women. Where are the role models for young lesbians to look up to?” 

“As a woman who has spent a lot of time in hospital from a young age this is deeply worrying that I may have at my most vulnerable be sharing a ward with a man. And celebrities who promote this ideology have such a strong social media following. Their influence on young fans can do so much damage.”

“Women’s sport will disappear as soon as men are allowed to be included.”

“I’m fearful for young women in many fields losing opportunities but especially in sport. Gender ideology sends a message that female needs aren’t valid.”

“I’m particularly concerned about women’s sport, which has only recently been given the prominence it deserves. Encouraging inclusion of trans-identified males is denying opportunities for young women, particularly those from deprived backgrounds or from developing nations and is unacceptable.” 

“As a big sports fan and active person myself, it is depressing to see women and girls losing out on opportunities and places on teams, and elite women missing out on medals and sponsorship deals. This participation seems to have been forced through, again without consultation with women and with no regard to fairness and safety. As a retired nurse I know how important it is to most women to receive care from female nurses, for their own dignity and modesty.” 

“This movement is simultaneously pushing women out of public life and excluding us, while pushing men into women’s spaces and ‘including’ them. Women can never be separate from men in society, but we’re not allowed to participate in society either, except according to the roles men assign to us.”

“The Canadian Centre for Ethics in sports published a report “Creating Inclusive Environments for Trans Participation in Canadian Sports” on page 14 “Individuals…should be able to participate in the gender with which they identify and not be subject to requirements for disclosure…” They later CLAIM…”It is likely this aspect of policy will generate the most discussion, particularly with respect to female (girls and women) trans athletes and hormonal therapy. But a lot of this opposition is based on persistent myths and stereotypes about gendered sport and not scientific evidence’ MYTHS?? These people are lying, spiteful and deceitful.” 

“Men as appropriately registered health professionals can care for women when they hold the same attitudes of respect and ethical behaviour. I doubt I would want a Tran women caring for me unless they were all of the above.” 

“Men’s rights movement. Female socialisation – throw it in the bin. Stop colluding or trying to be nice or trying to earn ‘brownie points’ or ass pats on the internet. They are men. That is all. Mentally ill women with no breasts are women. Attaching a rotting flesh sausage won’t make you a man. It makes you a mentally ill woman that’s been mutilated for profit. JFC.”

“How are people taking non binary seriously? There was a report of a runner in a non binary category today – what is it about a thought in someone’s head (and a stupid one at that) that changes the material reality of anyone’s body?”

“We need to speak freely about our concerns. Vote out politicians, school boards, and anyone who promotes this nonsense.”

“I will most likely never share intimate space with someone I don’t want to. But I have loved and work hard for women who have been forced to. It is for them I speak.”

“I have been on a hospital ward where a man has tried to access the woman’s side of the “ward twice during the night. The staff were able to move him back to male side but if he had been able to identify as female maybe he could have been allowed in.”

“Q71: Because of macho standards in the society where I live, this has always been an issue for me! How curious that it is being reinforced now, under a “Modern” banner!”

“Non binary seems to me a fashionable way of stating one has a personality rather than wanting to fit into the norm. That is something every generation of young people felt. It seems it’s a fashion rather than being of any substance at all.”

“I hate how the rise in so called ‘nonbinary’ celebrities has led to award shows erase their male and female categories, because we all know that the men will win. Whether they identify as a rock or a potato, the men will beat out the women. Female categories were added specifically so women could have their chance, and it is upsetting to see that taken away. I am also shocked that record company and production companies aren’t upset at the loss of media play chances by losing out on potential awards with these categories being disappeared. Usually money talks and stops this sort of thing.”

“For men this is a sexual fetish, for teenagers, young women it’s a fashion, a fad or a defence against misogyny or lgbtq+ bullies. Many are groomed into accepting trans ideology by influencers like Reilly Dennis. These men are a danger to GNC and especially lesbians.” 

“I’m autistic, turning 60 and have fought for women’s rights my whole adult life. I’m sickened, stressed and feel furious about this. I do think reason will prevail… eventually. I also think the behaviour/s are so disgusting it will backfire eventually (is already) the concern is the damage to women, children, transsexuals, and policies in the interim. Also – it’s taking the focus from climate crisis (which is even more urgent!) :(“

“Lying detectors are an invention because our lying isn’t our bodies’ natural state. The psychological and spiritual impact of the expectation to lie and its consequence impacts needs urgent investigation. Expecting others to lie with you regardless of the consequences to them is unequitable and unjust.” 

“Trans has become a cult for celebrities much the same as divorce used to be except divorce did not destroy children’s lives, as so many celebrities now have trans children. The sport issue is the worst of all – women have lost their right to have sports for themselves. In my younger days I was a champion sportswoman and the thought that I would have had to – compete against a boy; change in front of a boy; include a boy in my sports fills me with horror. Young women have enough to contend with without adding men into their lives at a young age. This aspect fills me with the most awful dread.” 

“It’s all madness. I’m sorry, I can’t begin to unpick it all in a survey. Would be great to be part of some focus groups.” 

“Will gender ideology be a central feature of dystopia when it arrives (and how close are we?).”

“Having a trans child now seems to be the latest celebrity accoutrement; having a child of colour has become passe.” 

“I’m currently training in psychotherapy and this is something I’ve thought about a lot. I’m hoping to eventually have my own practice and because of how dangerous it is now to counsel a client who identifies as trans or non binary, I think I would be likely to refer them to someone else rather than work with them myself – because I wouldn’t be free to be the best therapist for them because of how toxic this ideology has become.”

“I am especially concerned for women in prison, without outside scrutiny, being forced to be housed with these men.”

“As an older woman, I am increasingly dismayed at the substitution of beliefs and feelings for real accomplishments. A friend of mine was one of those told to storm the beach at Normandy during WWII. He was 19 years old. He was stunning and brave. ‘Coming out’ as nonbinary on FB is not stunning and brave, it is narcissistic. Whatever happened to ‘doing’ something as opposed to ‘being’ something?”

“I think non-binary is a fad that will wane with the moon. I’m more concerned for those who take medical (irreversible) steps, especially children.” 

“I am very concerned about the degradation of women’s sports.”

“I would like to access counselling for the first time to try and deal with the impact of many years of sexual abuse when I was a child. In many ways it feels like the right time to access this help for the first time in my life, however certain comments from a CEO of a rape crisis centre and the lack of other rape crisis centres condemning the CEO’s comments have left me feeling as though I have no safe place to turn for counselling. I have spoken to my GP and started medication but I would have preferred to have counselling in a guaranteed female-only space, which I could trust not to consider my trauma responses to all males as bigotry and in need of challenging and reframing.”

“There are good reasons why single-sex spaces are in use and why sports that depend on physical strength and/or contact have traditionally been run separately. To deny women their own spaces and sports because a tiny number of dysphoric males feel upset that they are not accepted as ‘real women’ is like straining out the gnat and swallowing the camel.”

“Q75. I have no problem when that person is a qualified and regulated health care practitioner, as long as it is clear that they are male, and that I can refuse care from them if I choose.” 

“I recently reported a historical childhood sexual assault. I am too scared to call a helpline in case a man answers or go to rape crisis counselling in case a man is there. So I’ve been dealing with the aftermath of this entirely alone and the misery and loneliness of the burden is like being assaulted all over again.” 

“Q70. I don’t care what people think of me. 71. People say the clock’s gone back 60 years, yet although we had different school uniforms/Sunday best/party clothes, when it came to toys and games, we all mucked in together, but now this “gendering” of toys/games is MUCH more noticeable than back then, and the judgmental attitude was something I never experienced. 72. Anyone, however intelligent, can be sucked into a cult; I believe no-one is immune. It’s important to hear how people got in, and how they got out of it. Children and parents so need to hear of the damage caused. 73 “Transition” IS conversion. The argument is being played in reverse. 74 Having to share won’t happen with me. Either I’m out and am denied services, or I kick up a stink. 75 Although my late father didn’t mind female carers, it’s completely different when the other way round. Men will always be stronger, and can abuse the elderly just for the sense of power, even if not sexually attracted. It happens. 76 Both. MMA is human bloodsports. Must we wait till a woman is murdered for “entertainment”? Soon there will BE no women’s sport, and whole range of careers denied to young women. 77 It’s abusive to the young to have role-models normalising the denial of their sexed bodies.”

“I am a detransitioner and I was very much encouraged and had nothing but support in my transition. Even though all along the way it was clear that I was a lesbian who hated myself and hated being a woman, because society had taught me to hate myself. Rather than telling me that I was fine as I was, everyone told me I was right to hate myself and to hate my body and that society was right, being a lesbian is terrible and being a “trans man” is much cooler and better. Not even my therapist tried to help me reconcile being a lesbian. It seems nobody wants to even understand why lesbians hate ourselves so much that we will destroy our bodies and deny our realities as women. I am sick and tired of the conversation being focused on “validating transwomen” when real women are hurting so badly and are not allowed to speak about it. I wrote an article about my transition/detransition and got lots of support from feminists and gender critical women, however lost many many friends who no longer speak to me. They think I am hateful toward “transwomen” when the article did not even mention them. It was about me and about being a woman and a lesbian and how I’ve found strength and power in that now. Yet I am painted as a bigot. I am so frustrated. It feels like no one is listening and no one cares.”

“Women have fought -and died tragically- CENTURIES for what little rights, sex based and otherwise and it is a damn slap in the face to now watch those rights disappear all because a man has decided he wants to own womanhood.” 

“Filling in this survey is becoming quite depressing. I am concerned about every single point you’re making. All the points are valid and all of these injustices are happening. Sorry my comment here isn’t more specific.” 

“The litany of lies that women and society in general are being forced to accept, usually in the name of ‘kindness’ is truly shocking, and I feel like we are living in a twilight world where reality is fading away, and I may be one of the few who can see what is happening. I particularly despise the heads of government or of political parties, who either remain silent, or actually promote the lies of the trans ideology. You have to start seriously wondering exactly who is lobbying them, and what amounts of money must be flowing to them for their support. There must be something like this happening for basically the whole political left to now be supporting men who claim to be women, rather than natal women.” 

“Most of the situations listed here are unfair and to force them upon women is a triumph of the patriarchy.”

“Gender stereotypes are harmful. We need to challenge them not embrace them. Non binary is a nonsense.” 

“I’ve stopped using various facilities now, because I know men can use them. I’ve been in a situation where a man came into a women’s changing room (not by accident, he had sneaked in & was waiting there when I entered). It was terrifying. But at least back then I could have him removed. Now even the fact that I found that upsetting apparently makes me a bigot or a prude. I feel so gaslighted and hopeless. I feel like my life is being restricted.”

“I have never conformed to sex role stereotypes, I feel this ideology is regressive and limiting and represents everything I fought against as a feminist.” 

“I believe it’s very important that the issue of “non binary” be examined more and criticised – the normalisation of “they/them” and other “neo pronouns” should not be ignored.”

“The fashion of sexual identity choice is most harmful to children, particularly teens, because they are easily confused about what they really are, because they still try to find their selfhood, and also are being told that when they do not follow a female or male stereotype, they must be in the wrong body!”

“Everyone is non-binary in some way. There is no need to label it as it is called having a personality. I lean more masculine in many things, I’m still a grown adult woman with a husband. My feminine/masculine traits don’t define my sex.” 

“Celebrities by their nature lean to narcissism as do transfolk. Once we understand that we understood why so many celebrities rush to affirm trans ideology.”

“I have particular concerns about detransitioners. They have been seriously harmed by this ideology. They appear to have no voice. I think their voice is extremely important. And they need our love and support.”

“Self ID passed into law in my country and is enforced on 01.01.2022. I am terrified at the idea that men will come in female spaces. I am worried for my two daughters. I am worried for female prisoners or refugees who are sometimes searched. I worry for older women, or women of faith. Will they stop going to public restrooms and pools and gyms? Or changing rooms in clothing stores? I am worried for female sport. I lobby the politicians about puberty blockers and transing kids.” 

“Provision of care should be based on what the patient is comfortable with not dictated by legislation to protect a minority.” 

“I have no children, if I get ill, dementia I have already thought, I will prob kill myself, if I can, rather than be looked after by, god knows who, now I know it could be an AGP or some weirdo, that is now a definite.”

“I’m exhausted trying to work out why society is allowing any of this to happen.” 

“How on earth is the medical profession expected to navigate through this. The gender cult only reinforces gender stereotypes which in turn has created the non-binary brigade.” 

“Challenging sex stereotypes (gender) used to be what feminism was all about, I cannot understand how it is now seen as progressive to enforce these through the acceptance of gender identity ideology.”

“It would make me afraid to seek help or support from some of the services/places mentioned above.”

“I am blazing angry about men invading women’s hard won spaces, and interpret it as a backlash against the unprecedented amount of real power now invested in many women all over the world. Many men evidently can’t take it – their doctor is a woman, their boss maybe a woman, the PM is a woman, the High Court Judge is a woman…this is real power, real influence, real money – for the first time ever. I think that among inadequate men there is a deep subterranean drive to destroy female power by invading female space. It is all an act of desperation.” 

“I think trans has become the new emo. It’s a cult, a fashion, and it’s very harmful. I worry, with self ID coming, that my mother’s personal care would be compromised. I am very worried for the safety of vulnerable women in prisons and shelters, they’ve got enough on their plate without a male bodied person in their spaces.”

“Women are being erased. Feminism is co-opted and weaponized by the gender lobby. And everyone is buying it. Goodbye women’s sports. Sorry lesbian athletes. The world cares more about the feelings of men. Always has, always will.”

“I actually briefly identified as nonbinary because of a celebrity. She was the creator of my favourite cartoon at the time and she called herself a “nonbinary woman”. Having felt like a freak for not being as feminine as my other straight peers, I thought this was the answer to why I was so “wrong”. Only lesbians can be gender nonconforming and I didn’t “feel like a man” so nonbinary was the label that I thought made me belong somewhere. Luckily I desisted.”

“Sex is an important characteristic because the female sex has specific health care needs and biological life experiences- periods, miscarriage, pregnancy, abortion, menopause and sex specific cancers, as well as this women and girls are oppressed because of our sex, so our sex specific services and spaces must remain free of all males, no matter how they dress or imagine themselves. Identifying as something you are not is neither brave or progressive, it is reductive nonsense. I take offence at any man who states that he is a woman because he “feels like it”, or dresses in feminine clothing.” 

“I have argued against mixed Sex wards in my PHD both from a general and midwifery perspective. Men should not be in women’s space – end of.” 

“We need more visible GNC role-models, especially women. Too many GNC figures have come out as trans or non-binary the past few years. It has to stop.” 

“We have a cognitive-emotional mismatch going on here – we deplore abusive creatures like Jimmy Savile and yet we are not prepared to protect women and girls who can be subjected to other predatory behaviours by those born male, because their enraged demands and misogynistic witch hunts are considered far more important than the safety, needs and wishes of women and girls – this is patriarchy and misogyny at its most blatant.”

“It is the Emperor’s New Clothes, and a social contagion employed by those who want to feel ‘special’. Mass narcissism.”

“It’s a fashion trend that people are completely naive to the harms of.”

“I have never conformed to feminine stereotypes in my entire life, and happily embraced things often deemed to be ‘male’ interests. But I have no doubt I am female and happy to be so.” 

“Celebrities are in a position of privilege and are unlikely to be in prison. I care about the vulnerable young women in prison with trans or being stripped searched by trans police “women”. It is these disempowered women I fear for.”

“Biological men do not belong in women’s sports. In the US we had to fight for schools and colleges to fund girls & women’s sports to the same level they were funding boys/men. We now have Title 9 which requires equal funding. But now biological men are dominating female sports, taking championships, winning scholarships, that should belong to women. I often hear the argument that you can’t place a gender on an inter-sexed child, so you have to accept Trans as well. Intersexed individuals are such a small portion of the population that these can easily be handled on a case by case basis. But TRAs are hiding behind them to further their cause. Furthermore, this is proving to be male privilege at its worst. Men feel the right to have a say and be heard in all things, and cannot understand that simply because they say it is so, in this case that they are women, that the world should just accept it despite all evidence to the contrary. Taking estrogen for 2 years does not change the higher center of gravity men have, and shouldn’t give them the right to thrash my daughter in a women’s wrestling match.”

“Pop stars and movie stars will never know what it’s like to be a poor vulnerable woman so they speak nonsense on this topic, they’re disgusting.”

“It’s the most regressive harmful ideology for women and gay males /Lesbians.” 

“Our vulnerable disabled daughter was seriously sexually assaulted. Despite him being caught in the act she was deemed unreliable as a witness and the PF would not proceed with a court hearing. We were assured she would never have a male worker. Now, we can’t be guaranteed this will be upheld. I resigned from Rape Crisis voluntary work for the reason that they appointed what is effectively a man, as their CEO.”

“There is a woman centre in Maryhill Glasgow where I live. A trans identifying man worked there. I was never totally at ease with him there. One time I came out of the ladies and he was at the sinks smiling at me, it felt weird. There was also a male art teacher who was married to one of the office workers. He was great. I didn’t mind that he was a man in a woman’s centre. Yet I was uneasy about the trans identifying man, I make no apology for not calling him a woman.”

“Obviously Life is too easy so many are inventing meaning and purpose in their lives. Very sad!”

“It is so obvious that trans identified males are men. It’s obvious in sport and it’s obvious to any woman who has had their domestic violence support group invaded by a man that calls himself a lesbian.”

“The distinction of sex is important and necessary. We are evolutionarily wired to recognise the sex of others. It has been vital for our species. Gender on the other hand is a religious belief. One needs to believe it to make any sense of it. The vast majority of people do not believe it. Even people that claim a ‘gender’. We must have freedom from religion too. And certainly, no policy or foundation can be built upon it. That must be based on material reality.” 

“For every Laurel Hubbard cheating the system there is a young woman who has worked hard and missed out on recognition for her achievement. The IOC is now complicit in this and it makes a mockery of sex based sporting categories.”

“Invasion, occupation, colonisation and assimilation. This is nakedly a neo-colonial movement, and a thoroughly unashamed and unapologetic one at that.”

“I used to work in domestic shelters. Having male free spaces is essential to domestic violence and sexual abuse victims healing. No sense of safety can be had with a man in the space. Many women will not go to a shelter if men are there. They will stay in a dangerous home situation, or sleep on the street or a car. Beds in women’s shelters are being taken by men. This is unmitigated misogyny and promotion of rape. If you allow men in women’s shelters then there are no longer women’s shelters.” 

“Between age 10 – 16 my mother’s boyfriend who lived with us, regularly invaded my space in the bathroom, my bedroom and my body. My mother didn’t have it in her to protect me and helped gaslight me for years. I didn’t see what I saw, hear what I heard or feel what I felt or know what I know. She took me to the Dr to get anti depressants cos I cried all the time and said strange things. She regretted all that later saying she herself was gaslit, hoodwinked or whatever. I cannot abide any woman taking part in the lying, deceit, manipulation, throwing other women and children into the jaws of demented men.”

“I have had a number of admissions to psychiatric wards both before and after they became single sex. It was commonplace for women to be sexually assaulted, violently assaulted and bullied on these wards. These wards are not a safe place for women when there are men on them.” 

“I’m in Canada, where the rape crisis centre was closed down because it only served women. There’s a ban on “conversion” therapy coming, and I’m afraid all this will get worse, especially for young people.” 

“Non-binary has no material basis and no other valid basis. It is a capitulation to gender stereotypes, and in many cases it is a fad and/or attention seeking.”

“Also concerned about men having to have to accept women for personal care or invading their private spaces against their wishes.”

“No one has to conform to sexist stereotypes. A person can act how they want, wear what they want, and love whomever they want, without being ‘non-binary’ or ‘trans’. Sports should be competed in female and male sex based categories. If a man identifies as a woman, he should compete as a man, or in an open category. Biological men should never be allowed to compete in the women’s category.”

“I stopped going to the gym because there were men in my changing room.”

“Personal care is an area I am hugely angry about as a practitioner. And it’s one thing if its elective services, but in the context of medical care, post sexual assault care, disability care, and senior care it is an absolute horror.”

“This totally mental social contagion is adversely affecting young ppl esp. girls but also boys and disproportionately gay/lesbian and neurodivergent youth.”

“Women have fought against rigid sex role stereotypes to be able to navigate the world in a more equal manner. We are all ‘non-binary’ to an extent but the label ‘Non-Binary’ infers some sort of minority status that isn’t true.”

“Women’s sports are being destroyed by men who claim to be women, women’s so called safe spaces are made dangerous by the infiltration of men with a sexual fetish of pretending to be women and women are being robbed of awards, jobs, and roles by men claiming to be women.”

“Non binary is a way for straight people to hitch on to the LGB waggon.”

“Young people need more female role-models saying how much they love being women (despite the struggles that go along with it) and not pretending that they weirdly have no biological sex.”

“’Trans identity’ mainly reinforces sex role stereotypes, for everyone.”

“The same activists who promote gender identity also promote prostitution and pornography. Under the guise of caring about youth autonomy and safety, sexually exploited youth are referred to as ‘youth sex workers’ by these activists/predators who call themselves feminists. E.g. Amnesty International now promotes “sex work is work” and “transwomen are women”.” 

“I understand why we stress 1) the threat to women’s safety from men in our intimate spaces 2) the rights of religious women to these, but I wish we would give equal emphasis to women’s need for privacy and dignity, and that ALL WOMEN deserve this. We should not have to be survivors of sexual assault or hold religious beliefs in order to deserve the same rights. Over-emphasis on 1) and 2) can create the perception that women not in those groups are just being fussy prudes (Madonnas) and bigots, or the opposite, that their sexual boundaries are less worthy of respect (Whores).” 

“The stereotyping of women and girls in media is already highly objectified, pornified, subjugated, and this idea of women = stereotypes increases this assault on women and girls autonomy and freedom of expression, pushing a lot of women and girls to call themselves trans or non-binary. It feeds the big pharma, gender industry.”

“The sporting issue simply flabbergasts me. Just recently the Olympics Committee has said that we should not presume men have any sporting advantage over women. The Olympics Committee. WHAT THE FUCK??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly, I feel like I have lost my mind.” 

“It’s appalling that disadvantaged women are being forced to share spaces in prisons with sex offenders. No one seems to care about these women (possibly a class thing – no one in UK is standing up for class disadvantage anymore) they only care about men’s feelings and not the serious impact on women. It’s like the “Emperor’s new clothes”. No one seems to be able to say ‘only women have a cervix’ but no one has a problem with only men have a prostate.” 

“I’m a victim, a survivor, of male violence. Repeated male violence including very recently. This is not being taken seriously. I feel vulnerable. Without single sex spaces I cannot enter public places, and this will include hospitals and toilets. If this ideology continues to obliterate the rights and identity of women, I won’t even be safe in my own home.”

“I guess you could say I’m “gender non-conforming.” I have short hair that I get cut by a barber, I have never worn makeup, I haven’t shaved in 15 years, and I do not own or wear a single skirt or pair of high heels. Each school year, a handful of students will ask me if I’m a boy or a girl. Sometimes they don’t believe me when I tell them I’m a girl. Sex-role stereotypes run deep, and these stereotypes are being further perpetuated by gender ideologues, who run the spectrum of everyday well-meaning “liberal” people to unhinged trans activists to officials and leaders in our communities and our society. It is truly absurd to realized that any of these people could (and likely would) look at me and assume I am “non-binary.” I have had one student actually ask me if I am “trans” (sic). I use very simple language to combat these ideas with my students, who at such a young age have already been thoroughly confused by the language and ideology of transgenderism.” 

“It seems as if being queer or non-binary is the new cool thing. All the celebrities are “coming out”. What does queer even mean anymore?”

“I feel like there is too little discussion around how people around transgender persons are negatively affected. Parents, siblings and spouses. This survey is important and more research is needed. What total costs does this mean for society (mental health problem, inability to work, and the cost for the trans treatment). Why should we as a society accept these large costs, with no evidence that this actually is beneficial for the transgender girls/women, long term?”

“Women’s sport is being utterly destroyed.”

“I had an emergency admission to hospital earlier this year. I was taken to the ward about 10 pm, ill, anxious and exhausted after six hours in A &E. I found the six bedded room had three male occupants. I was glad I had the courage to raise the issue with the nursing staff, who quickly organised a move, but I think if I had not mentioned that I had experienced sexual assault, they might not have done so. Oddly, there was plenty of space in a female only room.” 

“’Elliot’ Page. That is an absolute tragedy. My daughter and her girlfriend celebrated her trans declaration as others of their peer group did, even though they were losing a lesbian role model. And for her to be given a platform on Oprah and call her mastectomy ‘life-saving’. I dread to think who else she has set upon that unhappy path. She looks entirely miserable. In what other situation would treating mental health issues with surgery be celebrated? I’m a gender non-conforming woman. To be called ‘cis’, to have endless forms (today, a survey for a car club) asks me if I ‘identify with’ the gender identity of ‘woman’ – it’s such garbage. No, I don’t identify with restrictive stereotypical ideas of femininity, and I don’t need a special label to say this. Women come in all flavours. Why have we gone so rapidly backwards? I blame the influence /availability of hardcore porn almost entirely.”

“Girls are especially vulnerable to social contagion, but the consequences for them going down a path of transition is far greater. Unwanted body hair, mastectomy, deepened voices.” 

“We must focus on breaking down stereotypes and expectations based on sex.”

“Hmmm, well, we have to keep up the fight against the TRA’s and not give an inch. I donate to every court case & bodies like the Vancouver Rape centre. If we all pull together & support the activists, we just have to win. We better had.”

“Watching in real time a new lie, that endangers women and children, spread through society like wildfire is horrifying. This very survey highlights how many problems, harms and dangers gender ideology has created.” 

“I support several women’s campaigns on these issues as much as I can.”

“I’m finding it hard to continue answering – my anger and despair is overwhelming, particularly when I see such grave harm to women and girls physically, socially, sexually, economically and spiritually. This is intimate partner abuse expanded to societal level.”

“It is not cool to be heterosexual so youngsters feel the need to find acceptably trendy words to describe themselves, which mean diddly squat- so sad they aren’t strong enough just to ignore this peer pressure.”

“In my view a lot of the celebrities are virtue signalling. It is completely nonsensical.”

“This is a language issue. Gender ideology is seeking to redefine our way to describe basic reality. Their dogmas are rooted in lies.” 

“These elements propping up gender ideology and industry are all manifestations of constraining women again and even more.” 

“I’m so sick of people thinking I support the TQ+ agenda because I am a lesbian. I hope that being outspoken about this issue serves as an example that not all lesbians and not all young people support gender identity ideology. A lot of straight people assume that the LGB goes hand in hand with TQ+ and may never have considered the possibility that many LGB completely disavow the TQ+! So I continue to speak out and hope that my words plant a seed in the minds of others.”

“Having been around during Second Wave Feminism, I never imagined that the backlash to women’s equality and liberation would find us in the current situation. What is worse is that I feel powerless, that laws are now against us, and that everything we fought for is being taken away – and more – at least we had our own spaces even before Second Wave Feminism, but they are now gone, along with everything that defines us as a sex class. That people are so willing to jump on this bandwagon with no concern for anything women have to say about it is still something that leaves me in jaw-dropping disbelief.”

“Too few words for all I would say. Why is ‘woman face’ acceptable when ‘black face’ is not?” 

“I think it is an insult to women to equate femaleness with submission and frivolity, I genuinely thought we’d thrown those sexist ideas out by the 80’s. I am also horrified by the pretence that there is no real physical difference between men and women, this can only be harmful to women.”

“Re Q77 they are normalising it and making it “trendy” which is encouraging the young and impressionable to follow suit.”

“Biological women are being coerced to include biological men. Males do not have the right to be included in the female estate. They want to leave the male estate and claim the right to be included as women. They do not have the right. They might have an argument to be included as a sub section of the male estate but never even as a sub section of the female estate. It is immutable you cannot change sex. It is in every cell of your body. If the law cannot reflect this, women will never be protected.”

“Non binary is a Trojan horse, as it forces Others to think about Gender stereotypes and Decisions.”

“I am concerned about trans-influencers being accessed by my daughter on her school computer. Her Public school refuses to block these trans-influencers (JammiDodger for example).”

“Sports. I find it very concerning and terribly unfair. I have the feeling that some celebrities in need for publicity are exploiting this as a means to stay relevant, it is really pathetic and they don’t seem to care about the damage they do to younger generations. I do not want to share any spaces with unknown men where my intimacy or my wellbeing could be threatened. I am aware that being trans does not mean you are a sexual predator but unfortunately, history teaches us that abusers will always exploit any system that allows them to get close to vulnerable women and children, that is literally what they do.” 

“Being a survivor of sexual violence, I know just how vital it was at times in my life to be in women-only company to feel safe. Someone with a man’s body, no matter how much they assured me they were a woman, would have triggered flashbacks and panic. I’d have just stayed away from support services if I’d have had to cope with trans women with men’s bodies there. Especially if I then was reprimanded for not feeling comfortable with them.”

“Women need single-sex spaces when they are vulnerable, whether when undressing, for care, medical treatment, having experienced abuse, in a refuge or in prison. This is non-negotiable and should not need justification. We have always had single-sex spaces for a very good reason – some males abuse women so all must be excluded. It matters not that a male may identify as a woman. Sex and gender are two separate issues. We have the Equality Act and single-sex exceptions.” 

“Sport is a great concern. In rugby for example, women players would be killed if men played against them.” 

“It is a cult and anyone who doesn’t sign up to it are being dehumanised. Owen Jones telling women they can’t comment, or watch tv programs. It was members of snp that tried to get me to reevaluate my thinking to do better asking me why my trauma was more important than a trans woman’s trauma that I was being selfish to deny them that. Mhari Hunter Glasgow Convener for Health and Social Policy. Next thing I had the Stirling TRA branch on my tweet. I had just given evidence statements for Scotland CSA enquiry in abuse in Care. I was raw and emotionally vulnerable at the time.”

“I’m only interested in what celebrities do because of their influence in “mainstreaming” the medicalisation of young people.”

“There is so much to say on each of these. I’m finding myself worn down at this point. Grateful my kids are, touch wood, through the most vulnerable years in terms of succumbing to peer pressure etc., and very aware of the pain felt by parents who are not so lucky. I’m saddened, as a feminist who grew up in the 70s/80s, that somehow we (some notable exceptions aside, thank you Julie Bindel) took our eye off the ball, and didn’t quite see what was happening in time. The regression into gender stereotypes is so surprising to me, and now, especially in the US, I can’t see how we move out of them.” 

“I am seeing an exponential increase in women my age and younger identifying as trans or nonbinary in reaction to a terribly misogynist world. And I get it, on some level, but I’m very worried that if they look at misogyny from such an individual lens of “this shouldn’t apply to me” and try (in vain) to identify out of an oppression they seem to think other women are fine with, we’ll never be able to create a world where women, them included, can truly be free.”

“I’m also so DONE with everything in the media being trans. It’s exhausting.”

“My children are still quite young but one is now at secondary school- I worry about how schools may approach the issues and even more so about what happened if/when they go to higher education settings.”

“Being non-binary only makes sense if you think that everybody else should stay in their own little gender boxes. It is the height of egocentricity. Your sex does not need to define for most purposes the person you are.” 

“Identify as you like but do not compel women to accept males into their spaces.”

“Most of this seems to be due to the need for validation of a mental delusion in a way that no other delusion is.”

“I’m concerned about the harms of all of the above, especially detransitioners.”

“I’m concerned about media being scared off of reporting critically on these issues.”

“I was in a women’s toilet at a theatre in London, when a man walked in. As most of the women protested and asked him to leave, he proclaimed that this was ‘an all genders toilet’ because of the nonsensical signage outside. I am very concerned about the emboldening of men to enter our spaces, in the name of inclusion. It puts women in danger and requires us to police our own spaces. This is an outrage.”

“Women’s sports will disappear if trans have full inclusion, women must have safety in prison from men, women have barely begun to celebrate the full expression of power as women.”

“I did not like being present at a birth with a male midwife. He was a perfectly nice heterosexual man, but I do not believe that there is any need for men to be in this role. It’s muscling in on women’s business. It’s not as if there aren’t enough roles for men after all, but what men want, men get.”

“My biggest fear is with regard to healthcare settings; that if I were to request same-sex care for an intimate procedure I may be accused of bigotry/transphobia/hate crime.” 

“Non-binary is an invented and unnecessary category, it does not exist as a biological category. Are any of us truly binary? What is that? Is it a Barbie and a Ken? There is just sex and then there is personality. All we need is for society to accept gender nonconforming people, not all these extra labels and denial of reality. I feel so sorry for young people growing up today. Life is hard enough as it is without also being pressured to ‘find out’ if you are a boy or a girl.”

“As a survivor of domestic abuse and trauma, I would not even have wanted to see a male psychotherapist – it was important to me to speak to a female. It is abusive and re-traumatizing for female victims of male violence with PTSD to expose them to males in rape crisis centres, women’s shelters or even just a clinical setting. Women who have already suffered greatly from abuse of any kind are now being gaslighted even further by those institutions who are supposed to help them heal and find safety. I know what this feeling is like, and it is probably the worst feeling I have ever experienced. Saying a man is a woman is a lie, a denial of reality, manipulation and gaslighting. These are well-known tactics of emotional abusers who seek to confuse their victims and destabilize them. When they tell the truth, they are called “crazy”.” 

“This section is for me one of the most important in the whole debate – how can we protect sisters in jail, in crisis center, domestic violence protection facilities and such… These places where always in some Men Phantasy – esp. some Rapist or Abusers Phantasy. There is no control organ that helps to prevent having a rapist say they are female and sending them to a female jail… That cannot be. It angers me how people can be so naive, to think that this will all work well and easy.”

“I personally would feel unsafe in any supposedly female single sex space which included males. Unless I had to stay (e.g. urgent hospital treatment) I would self exclude from any such space.”

“Transwomen are not women. It is appalling that we are being coerced into putting women and girls needs second to those of people who clearly need help and support but that should not be at the cost of women and girls. Natal females get murdered and assaulted more than transwomen. Women and girls spend their lives being wary. They are paid less. The rate of girls committing suicide is hardly different from trans kids. We are all, including small confused children, supposed to pretend males who say they are female are actually female – how can we protect girls and women from those who will take advantage?” 

“If women come out at lesbians nobody notices, if they then trans they get celebrated…. It’s a lesbophobic cult.”

“Most concerned about the immediate danger from predatory men invading women’s spaces. I have already told my 12 year old daughter never to use gender neutral toilets and if she ever sees a boy or man in female toilets to get out of there super fast. She knows she must anyways use disabled toilets now. We carry rape alarms and anxiety. So angry at this situation.” 

“No human ever changed sex.”

“I think this ideology is, in many ways, laying bare the extent of woman-hating which exists in our society. Even internalized misogyny among women and girls. I feel desolate at the fast approaching reality that women and girls will be erased as an acknowledged material reality and that our ability to name our oppression is being obscured and future efforts to liberate ourselves will be rendered impossible. We are losing our humanity.” 

“It feels like society is going backwards rather than forwards regarding stereotypes…which is utterly depressing.”

“Frustrated that so many people think this is “cool”.”

“I am greatly concerned about the teaching of gender identity ideology in schools to children. Children look up to teachers, who have power and authority over them, and are more liable to be convinced, or proselytised, by the gender ideology when it is reinforced as part of the curriculum.” 

“To be honest I can and I can’t. I’m so fed up of what I say regarding being raped and sexually assaulted multiple times being entirely ignored because it upsets a man, I don’t have the emotional energy to do it any more. I want single sex spaces and I want them enforced. I used to have no problem with a ‘transexual’ person in those spaces, but nowadays I just want to know there are places free of men.” 

“I don’t care that much about celebrities because they’re idiots.”

“As I see it, the current approach to young people who are gender non-conforming IS conversion therapy. Scores of young gay men and lesbians are being pressured to claim they are the opposite sex rather than just be gender non-conforming or gay or lesbian.”

“Women and girls are entitled to women-only spaces. It enrages me when men and boys try to force their way in by “identifying” as female. It enrages me when state and federal governments allow them to do this by writing these lies into law.”

“I’m concerned about young Lesbians being bullied into transitioning to males. Deep harm. Butch Lesbians play a grand role in society reminding all women and men of Women’s strength. Us Femmes get great strength from Butch prowess. That cannot be eliminated from culture. All humanity loses strength if the full range of women is not made apparent. Change society not surgically change women’s or anyone’s body to confirm with patriarchal or pharma norms! We must sacralise our humanity, prioritize it, lest the ideal of automated women and male birthing becomes real. Women become unnecessary.”

“Please, please, please. Stop this. It’s so obviously damaging to women and children. Tax payers will be fitting the bill, for the tsunami and mental health problems that this will bring.”

“It is a bad fad that Hollywood is capitalizing on. The so called “left” in the US has forgotten critical thinking and analysis. As always men must have everything since they are in control!”

“My 80 year old friend had a man in the next bed in a four bedded women’s ward after a hip replacement. She wasn’t going to complain I persuaded her to do so. It really is disgraceful we are being asked to accept men who say they are women. I actually would accept a male in some circumstances if a female wasn’t available but I would never accept a man LARPing as a woman, unless I was in desperate medical need.”

“It seems like the gender ideology is spreading at breakneck speed. Wish feminism could have had that much popularity but it’s hard when it doesn’t kowtow to patriarchy.”

“On the topic of accepting male clients or practitioners. I genuinely think the people who need help would just look for a place that helps them, not validation, in most cases. Any man who claims to be a woman and wants access to a sex-specific area is suspicious as the only motivation is to attack or at least disturb the women. Or somehow prove it’s not all men in a bout of pride, but that is equally reprehensible.” 

“This is all part of the mass psychosis that the trans ideology has inflicted on the world.”

“Q70: I am less concerned about how others perceive me, as I’m a middle aged woman and I know myself and my worth. I’m obviously not conforming to sexist stereotypes based on my looks (no makeup, buzz cut, comfortable clothing only) but what does concern me is how other women think about themselves. Regarding the invasion of men into women’s spaces (#74), I was DEEPLY uncomfortable with using the women’s restroom at work as long as this one trans-identified male coworker worked there. We have even designated the accessible restroom as ‘all-gender’ and his male ass kept using the women’s restroom! He doesn’t work there anymore, and I think the only trans-identified coworkers I have now are female, so now I feel safe using the women’s restroom again.”

“I am concerned about the mental health industry embracing this and further inflicting harm on patients, especially pathologizing women. I no longer trust this industry.” 

“Almost, if not all, of the celebrities identifying as non-binary do it because it’s a trend. Since I.D.ing as non-binary or whatever is viewed as groundbreaking to many people, celebrities will latch onto this trend to stay relevant, just as they have to other trends in years past.”

“Because I am a confident woman, the idea of sexist stereotypes doesn’t particularly bother me per say. However, because there seem to be an abundance of young people who are not confident and feel they need to align to a “tribe”, this is where the support for “non-binary” comes in to play. We need to INVEST time and money into educating young people (more urgently, women), about having confidence to be a woman however you feel that should be.” 

“This is mostly things, I am not “concerned” but angry about…” 

“Therapeutic exploratory work about one’s gender identity (trans) is illegal where I live, that is very troubling.”

“I’m too old to be influenced by the gibberish ‘non-binary’. I’m woman and a lesbian. Nothing else. I refuse to use pronouns.”

“I’m worried that females will die (in contact sports or in a bathroom or prison cell etc.) before any of these manifestly dangerous practices will be revoked.”

“It’s crazy how things organized by sex, like sports, have been pressured to be gender inclusive so instead of renaming sex categories they’re forcing women to entertain physically stronger men as teammates and competitors.”

“Wish they’d leave women alone, we know who we are and how it feels. The activist group of trans males (meaning born males) is made up of men who work hard to eliminate the sex class of women.”

“Come on. It is all just really shit! Just want honesty!”

“Re 74. I cannot believe how retrogressive this all is. I fought for women only spaces 40 years ago. How can it possibly be that women students now are unable to hold single sex meetings on campus. How can it be that the Girls Night In movement has been labelled transphobic unless they rename themselves?”

“Single sex spaces are protected in law and should be kept that way.”

“All butch lesbian influencers are transitioning.”

“Q75 could be a hair cut.” 

“I did not realise the extent to which this issue has grown and for what reason?”

“Utterly sick of brave and stunning celebrities coming out as anything other than the vacuous twats they are, frankly. Most importantly however I am sick to death of the media constantly supporting men in women’s sports. It’s not brave, it’s cheating and it’s dangerous and unfair, and forces too many women and girls to self exclude.”

“I am considering leaving my football club and league as a result of growing number of male (“transwomen”) players and fear that I am the only one who wants to advocate for a female only sports space. I have emailed the organiser of my league to voice my concerns and ask some questions about this and have received no response. My teammates are all very “pro trans rights” and I feel afraid to voice my opinions with them and feel like it is better if I just quit the team rather than try to change anything.”

“Confusion and chaos reigns supreme with absolutely nobody benefiting at all.”

“Celebrities influence most very young people. Their behaviour in this is completely irresponsible.”

“I am disturbed particularly by the case of ‘Elliott’ Page, who I have always thought is probably a tomboy/butch lesbian, and now thinks they are a trans man and is using their large platform to spew the misinfo and hate speech against any kind of GC viewpoint. I also think other celebrities like Demi Lovato are probably extremely traumatised and as a result do not identify with their femininity and would rather not be seen as female due to abuse. This however is not the same as being non binary. It’s all very sad and these mentally ill people are somehow seen as role models.”

“This cult couldn’t get this far if capitalism had not found it incredibly marketable.”

“In some ways the entire concept of “non-binary” is even more disturbing than the “traditional” MTF/FTM “old school” transgender idea. It’s basically saying that if you’re not a walking sex stereotype, if you actually have a rich inner life as a unique individual, you must not be a “woman.” Then it gets more horrifying, because now we have “medical transition” for non-binary people, which mainly amounts to lopping off any parts that are obviously “female” again because of course the default “serious human” is man. This shares a lot in common with the old religious biases against the female form, the idea that to have large breasts in particular automatically makes you a “slut” or “boy crazy,” the idea that “serious girls” or “pious girls” should be slim with small breasts, the idea that women’s curves are “excess flesh” that make us soft and weak. It’s all a pile of the same old sexism that has harmed women and girls from the beginning of the patriarchy. We need to have gender non-conforming women and lesbians standing up and proudly claiming their womanhood. I’m pretty much nobody but at least I try to do this, I am out and about in my circles and hopefully some young girls can see me as I saw older women like me and realize that they can just BE THEMSELVES and their being girls is just a matter of their physical bodies, nothing else.”

“Receiving personal care from a man who presents as a man and treats me with respect and professionalism would not trouble me. Receiving personal care from a man trying to present as a woman would give me the shudders, both at a visceral level and because the interaction would become less about providing me with care and more with validating the carer in their gender role.”

“The whole concept of accepting “identifying as” as a real thing erases the concept of objective reality. For example, if I told you that I “identify as” being 5 foot 6 inches tall, you would immediately conclude that that is *not* my actual height. If it was my height, I would not have to ‘identify as’ it.”

“Question 75. My answer might indicate that I have a double standard, but women traditionally have always performed personal care for both males and females, an being an older woman, I would prefer a female if I ever need that service.” 

“There are so few lesbian role models in the media that it is no wonder why vulnerable and influential teenagers are looking at the new social contagion of ‘non binary / trans’ as being the answer. In the 80’s men and women pushed the boundaries of gender non conformity. We are regressing and creating a society where we are mutilating bodies and rejecting homosexuality rather than celebrating variety and difference. It is utterly depressing.”

“Behind the entire gender identity cult is patriarchal violence. Women are to be erased and replaced with transhuMANism. This is serious mental illness.”

“Celebrities are cowards. They are narcissists whose only reason for coming out as “things” is their career.” 

“I had to give a statement about my rape and sexual abuse to a council worker who was a trans woman. This person was clearly male – she (sic) was very tall, broad shouldered, had a low voice and a very square jaw. She (sic) showed no sympathy or compassion for me whatsoever. When she (sic) finally made her (sic) decision months later about whether I qualified for emergency housing in order to escape my abusive husband, she (sic) said I did not qualify because it had been a year since my ex husband raped me, and therefore I was not at risk. So this council worker thought it was fine for me to continue living with the man who had raped me many times, just because he hadn’t done it for a while. Having to sit and talk about the things that had happened to me with a man wearing a dress felt extremely uncomfortable and was quite traumatic for me. I felt she (sic) was a completely inappropriate member of staff to deal with my case. I also asked her (sic) to email me her decision, so my ex husband would not have a chance of reading it. She (sic) ignored this request and sent the letter through the post.”

“l am constantly worried and angry about the whole debacle.” 

“Celebrities will always follow the latest trends if they think it will get them attention. Mentally ill celebs are probably more vulnerable, and the harms can be greater to them personally, but they’re always a bad influence on society whatever they’re pushing. I think all celebrities should just shut up about everything, basically. They’re vapid posers.”

“Non binary is just bullshit.”

“This current epidemic of trans and gender ideology is so regressive that it is attempting to undermine the work that generations of women have done to create equality for women.” 

“I am so concerned about these issues, it is almost impossible to express how concerned in any coherent summarised way. What on earth is happening to the minds of people that they cannot see how wrong, unacceptable, unsafe, undignified, disrespectful and dangerous the ideological influence of Stonewall and its allies have made this world? It is sickening!”

“Trans and non binary reinforce rigid stereotypes that feminists have been fighting for years.” 

“My daughter has profound learning disability and needs personal care. She is so vulnerable, I am very concerned that a male carer may insist on providing care because they feel they are a woman. Women and girls safeguarding, dignity and respect must continue to be protected.” 

“It’s hard to stand up when your boss says that refusing to include men in women’s spaces is bigoted.”

“I am concerned that those who make the laws cannot define what a woman is.”

“I enjoyed listening to the recent Nolan Investigates podcast about Stonewall. The non-binary mayor sounded so incredibly ridiculous, I can’t believe anyone listening wouldn’t be rolling their eyes thinking how stupid he sounded!” 

“There are 2 unique sexes. Women are not a sub set of men. We have our own needs and these should be protected and respected.”

“Celebrities are shallow publicity seekers on the whole so haven’t been surprised by them.” 

“I wonder if young women in particular identify as non-binary as a ‘get out’ clause. They don’t want to be accused of being a boring “heteronormative cis” and want to fit in. Or they’re bi or gay but see the homophobia.”

“It deeply disturbs me that my daughter and granddaughter are growing older/coming of age in a Western world that has regressed from the time that my mother and I were young women. It seems that there was a “golden age” for women and women’s rights and sexual agency between the development of the Pill, when my mother was in college, and the AIDS crisis, when I was in high school. Since then, especially with the advent of the Internet and widely-available pornography, the way the idea of “womanhood” has been marketed to the world–and the way young women see themselves–has become regressive in a far, far more harmful way than it was even in the “prudish” 1950s.”

“I want to study female sexuality but don’t know where as everywhere has been ‘captured’.”

“The progressive value of “inclusivity” is being used as a weapon to erode the boundaries that women/girls have around our bodies, and our rights to single sex provisions like spaces and sports.” 

“I am also concerned about having to share the single sex space I most frequently use; public toilets; no idea why so many feminists leave them out when talking about single sex spaces. I already feel trepidatious about using women’s public toilets since realising that there is a growing cohort of porn addicted and influenced men demanding the right to use them; and that their desire to do so is given legitimacy by politicians and others with power and influence. Insofar as there may be a tiny minority of men who have a genuine mental health problem which causes them to impersonate women, they have my sympathies; however, they do not have the right to use spaces where I have a right not to have a man there. They are welcome to lobby for any solution they want, as long as it doesn’t entail reducing safeguards around women and children.”

“I find the term Cis extremely offensive – it’s saying that my ‘sexuality’ conforms rigidly to all the stereotypes of my sex. Extremely insulting.” 

“I am not overly concerned about celebrity “transition” or “coming out as non binary” because I think that for most of them, it is a passing fad.”

“As a woman who survived child sex abuse and trafficking, I have had to navigate accessing resources that are open to “all who identify as women” including trauma-informed yoga and female empowerment classes. I’ve also taken body image classes which were attended by trans-identified females who discussed how taking artificial hormones improved their body image which is counter productive to the actual goals of the course but which the facilitators applauded.” 

“Non-binary, when used by a woman, is a cover term for misogyny. The only reason a woman would call herself non-binary or gender queer is bc she hates the idea of being a woman in society.”

“Everyone has a sex, how anyone performs regressive sexist stereotypes is a personality type not a proof that sex isn’t binary.” 

“My mother is 88 and I live in fear of her being admitted to hospital should she encounter transgender identified males providing care.”

“We have no single sex spaces. I can’t use public toilets now in case a man is in them and I’d commit a hate crime by calling him a man. As for hospital wards, esp. locked psych wards, it is the most disgusting thing ever to gaslight women by putting these men in our spaces and insisting they are women. We can’t leave a psych ward if sectioned, we have no choice. Wards are dangerous for women anyway. This makes it all so much worse. No men who claim to be women should be on a women’s ward, not as a patient or a staff member. It is beyond cruel. I live in fear of being sectioned again anyway, all men on the night shift and yes what you think might happen does happen. Women need single sex provisions more than ever and that should include staff imo. As for refuges, it is despicable to put men in them and gaslight traumatised and abused women & their children about it. I used to work in dv, I am so shocked that dv agencies have allowed this to happen and yes I know all their excuses about funding but they should have held the bloody line. There is no agency that women can trust anymore. No mh support, no dv support, no cjs support. They will all gaslight us and force us to use female words for men.”

“I can’t access counselling in my town because they all advertise as tranz positive and I would not be able to talk about being targeted by the cult for speaking out publicly about sterilizing GNC kids.”

“We are all “non-binary”. Nobody exclusively identifies with either solely masculine or feminine stereotypes. The majority of people are a healthy mix of the two.”

“Celebrities are using the ideology to get attention and make money. It’s gross.”

“”Misogyny is the law-enforcement branch of patriarchy.” Kate Manne. Says it all, really.” 

“I have personal experience of women’s and lesbian groups I belong to having to go “under cover” after attacks by transgenderists who want access to our spaces. I want this to stop!”

“I believe if more people were aware of what an AGP (Autogynephile) male was, they wouldn’t be quite as accepting of these men in women’s spaces.”

“The bigotry in transgenderism lies in the idea that because a man doesn’t feel the way he thinks a man should feel, then that gives him the right to ‘identify’ as a woman. No male has the slightest idea what it truly means to be female. This is ‘womanwashing’ and must be condemned just as blackwashing and greenwashing. Oi! Man, NO! You are not a woman. Fuck off back to your boy games and leave us alone!” 

“The media is complicit in the sensationalized promotion of celebrities claiming trans or nb status as though it is a personal achievement available to younger people to emulate.”

“I would not feel safe accessing rape crisis services if I knew there was a real possibility that I would have to interact with men. Women have been disregarded in favour of males identifying as women. Women who are the most traumatised are receiving the message that their pain is unimportant when compared to male validation.” 

“I am very worried about boys being allowed to play in girls’ sports.” 

“As a nurse/midwife I have worked with excellent male nurses & midwives providing personal care to female patients. However if that nurse/midwife were to be a trans identified male, then I feel the whole situation changes. I believe that person (whether ‘intact’ or not) should be allowed to do only what the other male nurses/midwives do – usually there is female chaperoning.”

“Sports is particularly egregious–biological differences are real, and men being allowed in women’s sports destroys women’s sports–period.”

“I believe there is significant funding and powerful interests pushing the erosion of women’s boundaries because social structures no longer guarantee men accommodation among women through marriage and through women being dependent on men. The social engineers want to find other means of forcing women to accommodate and absorb male aggression rather than have men deal with each other’s shit. They also want to maintain the birth rate.” 

“As I get older, I am concerned that, if I reach the point where I need intimate care, and lose a lot of my independence, I will not be able to specify that I want a female as an intimate carer.”

“I am avoiding an operation because as a survivor of child sexual abuse I am terrified that a man will be in my ward. My NHS trust says I am transphobic if I complain.”

“If self ID goes ahead, due to my condition I’m already ruled out from using what were previously sex segregated spaces. So that means I will need to stay close to home, shop only online, not use the gym, pool etc and hope that I don’t need to go to hospital. Allowing males in sex segregated categories of sport is just ridiculous, the methods for deciding that males could compete I’d see as criminal. The video clip of an ex marine strangling a woman on stage should have had sports regulators scrambling to undo some of the harm. The idea that a male would lose all of their advantage purely by repressing their testosterone and taking estrogen is laughable and not rooted in actual science. Celebrities and influencers purely just want to be liked and will go along with any craze going as long as it gives then clicks, some don’t even bother looking into all the implications or long term damage, they just take at face value what they are told and don’t employ any critical thinking skills but also some are concerned about being cancelled and or the vitriol and hate that comes with it and in that respect some are quite cowardly.”

“Nobody with a Y chromosome should be allowed to compete in women’s sports, or win prizes or awards of any kind which are meant for biological females.”

“I am not concerned at all about assumptions about me personally but I am concerned about the irresponsible actions of celebrities and others who have influence over impressionable children and young people.”

“The only positive thing about the war on women’s sports is that I have become a fan of a few female athletes who have spoken against men in women’s sports. Normally, I’m not a sports fan at all.” 

“With regards to question 75 the key is “having to” women may choose to have males providing personal care e.g. male midwives but should always have the choice.”

“It sickens me that women are traumatised further by the presence of men in women -only spaces, or cannot expect/request care from a female. Having experienced domestic violence in the past, I understand the need for male-free spaces. I’m also sick to death of these influencers/celebs jumping on the bandwagon just for the sake of likes.” 

“I am a Muslim woman who CHOOSES to dress very modestly and wear hijab not just for my religion, but also because it protects me from being sexualized in public by men. I am also a survivor of sexual abuse. Women only spaces and gatherings are the ONLY spaces I can go outside of my home that I can wear whatever I wish and just feel safe to be a woman. It is very distressing to think that women only spaces such as locker rooms, spas, and bathrooms are slowly becoming open access to men pretending to be women, thus marginalizing actual biological women from what was at one time one of the few places of refuge where women could feel safe in public. This causes me great stress and worry to think about the possibility of my young girls never having safe, public women only spaces in their futures.”

“The public don’t grasp that trans women are men with intact genitals acting out their sexual fantasies. They think they have undergone medical transition and are harmless, so don’t see the issues with loos, hospital wards, prisons. We need high profile men to stand up and be counted as feminist allies, or women in power to experience getting personal health care from a hairy ex-docker in a nurse’s uniform. And not be able to object without being labelled a terf.”

“The wholesale adoption in the media and in institutional guidelines etc., of terms like ‘cis’ and ‘assigned at birth’ is very worrying and suggests capture by gender identity ideology has gone very deep; at the same time many ordinary people are not aware of these terms and the ideology behind them, until they come across a service or situation where they are forced to go along with what are simply beliefs, not enshrined (yet!) in law. Stonewall’s reach is very long and pervasive.”

“The TRA claims of “conversion therapy” are ridiculous. It’s projection. The opposite is true. It is trans ideology (pushing LGB and GNC children to transition) that is the conversion therapy. Therapists and family who try to help the person to be comfortable and happy in their sexed body whilst being LGB are performing an act of love. That is the caring, sensible, responsible approach to treating dysphoric people.” 

“My daughter plays rugby, she is in the scrum, she will not be playing with or against a male bodied person. The RFU need to wake up to the risks. We do not want a catastrophic injury for this to happen.”

“As women’s safety and comfort is at risk, I am very concerned that many women including myself are being forced out of society. It is like we are back in the 19th century and are only good for bearing children and caring for the men in our lives.”

“If I needed personal care and the only option was a man in a frock, I would rather manage without it. An older female relative was sexually assaulted by a male carer so I don’t trust them whether they wear trousers or a dress.”

“Gender identity ideology is patriarchy being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century after decades of women’s struggle and fightback. Gender Identity ideology is the modern and “progressive” form of patriarchal misogyny and sexism against women. They hate us. They envy us. They want to be us.”

“Gender ideology is a profoundly sexist and regressive ideology. I grew up in the 90’s and we seem to be going backwards. It is frightening.”

“Where I have indicated that I don’t care about these issues it is because I am able to openly say that they are ludicrous. For example, I don’t care if someone thinks I must conform to stereotypes if I don’t declare myself to be non-binary, I just think that makes them an idiot.”

“I don’t hero worship celebrities – they are assholes. Don’t have much of a spine really. So they are not on any of my pedestals. I’ve mentioned the damaging impact that gender ideology is causing across the board. The ideology is about putting women and children in their place and taking us back to a time where MEN RULED 100% and women were expected to keep quiet and do the work. The hatred and anger these men feel towards women is off the richter scale. Who are their mothers? Do they hate all the females in their families? Do the female members identify with all this shite? We need to be very clear – these men want everything – our bodies, our voice, our presence, our intelligence, our creativity, our reproduction, our very human existence. They want the lot. There is no compromise. There is no dialogue, there is no debate about this. Big pharma has promised them that we are redundant; their drugs can create life. Surrogacy is factory farming of human beings so the elite can go shop as and when they like for baby trophies. The rest of us can rot on the heap of their HIS-STORY.” 

“As an older woman, I care very much about woman only spaces. These spaces provide me with a safe space, with the ability to share and converse unguardedly with other women, with privacy and with dignity. I resent the fact that some males wish to access these spaces based on their perception of who they are and despite my needs.”

“It is like being gaslit on a huge scale.” 

“I am concerned women’s groups all include non binary males.”

“They all make me so angry, upset and afraid for the future. Women are being marginalised on every front. Is it some extreme reaction to METOO?? I am 50, and have seen things slowly getting better – I can’t believe I am witnessing a complete reversal of women’s rights – and I have a daughter. I am very scared.”

“Women are becoming a sub set of their own sex by this imposition of new language to describe women. Language is key.” 

“I think that some of these concerns are complicated by not really knowing what’s going on. I’m aware of lots of claims on social media and would like to see more evidence. We could be more vigilant in challenging unsubstantiated claims and anonymous accounts – and be active in campaigning. Or just speaking up, asking questions: why do you think that? Where did you hear that? What’s the evidence for that -can you give me the link so I can have a look? How do you think that will affect poor women/ Black women/ other women who already don’t access services as much as they need to? E.g. will putting ‘cervix havers’ in public health information encourage or discourage reluctant women to come forward for cervical screening?”

“Middle aged women all need to start coming out as NB, it’s the only thing to stop the silliness but god knows what the next trend will be, it could be even worse.”

“It has become a trend to be non binary but this is having a serious impacts on women’s work, education, sports, biology, awards etc. They are being forced into positions where they are competing against men even in physical roles and this could put them at serious harm of injury or death. Men and women are very different so this push to say hormones and an operation changes sex is ridiculous. A woman could never get herself to the fitness of a man as muscle mass, physical capacity will never be gained, the same as men can never lose their muscles mass and physical capacity to be at the level of women. Therefore sports will just be a men’s environment. We are also putting health at risk as women and men suffer with sex based issues.”

“Virtue signalling their loyalty to a misogynist mantra.”

“Women are being erased as a sex category by gender ideology. This is disastrous for women’s rights and opportunities.”

“Taking life harming and potentially life limiting hormones or having invasive surgery e.g. mastectomy should never be glamourised and stories on these topics should be treated the way that pro-ana articles used to be.”

“I am concerned about being expected to call myself a ‘cis’ woman.” 

“I see trans women in women’s sport as one of the great injustices of our time and it must stop now.”

“Regarding 75, there has, for a long time, been males in the health profession. However, when being treated for breast cancer, I was asked if I consented to being treated by a Male. Had the person identified as female, I would have had no choice at an extremely vulnerable time.”

“I don’t understand Qu 70. I think this non-binary thing is weird. There’s too much simple acceptance of self-ID claims which often look to me more like psychological issues being expressed through “I’m trans/non-binary” etc.”

“Q75. Are you concerned by women having to accept men providing personal care? It is the “having to” and the lack of choice that concerns not the sex of the person.”

“Trans promotes regressive stereotypes.”

“It’s a social contagion based on lies and myths to support the delusions and fantasies of mainly middle aged white men.”

“Many gender critical people consider gender ideologies main tenet; that the words woman/girl and man/boy should be redefined to included their opposite sex, to be inherently sexist and homophobic and harmful to women and homosexuals. Gender ideology posits that one’s feelings of affinity to femininity or masculinity is what makes one a man or a woman rather than one’s biological sex. For example, if a man/boy likes styles of clothing, hair, hobbies considered feminine or has other personality traits considered feminine, including being attracted to other males, gender ideology posits he is actually a type of woman: a ‘transwoman’ or less of a man: non-binary and vice versa for women/girls. Gender critical people acknowledge that gender ideology erases both the concept of woman as an adult human female, and at the same time the concept of homosexuality as being same sex attracted, as the words man and women, lesbian and gay become meaningless. For example, if a heterosexual male can ‘identify’ as a woman, and as a lesbian, then both the words woman and lesbian become meaningless. This is why many gender critical people see gender ideology as an extremely sexist and homophobic ideology, as it implies the stereotypes about the sexes are innate, and should actually determine whether one is a man, woman or neither, rather than one’s biological sex, and makes the words women/man and lesbian/gay/heterosexual meaningless. Therefore, the core tenets of gender ideology itself needs to be publicly debated, rather than gender critical people being shut down. Moreover, many gender critical people, particularly women, acknowledge that if gender ideology becomes accepted in society as the ‘correct’ way of viewing sex and gender, we end up with it being socially acceptable to force women to call males women and refer to them by female pronouns, which infringes upon women’s right to reject an ideology we consider offensive and misogynistic and homophobic. We also end up with it being socially acceptable to violate women’s and lesbian women’s right to self assembly. Women and lesbian women are then accused of being ‘exclusionary’ to males if we want female only meetings, to discuss our position in the world as humans born the female sex, or groups to where we can meet other women away from males. Furthermore, we end up with it being socially acceptable for males to violate female’s right to privacy, dignity and safety, as male’s claim it is their ‘right’ to enter female and lesbian spaces and groups, perform intimate examinations on women, etc., as these men ‘identify’ as women. Therefore, not only do many gender critical women consider gender ideology deeply offensive and misogynistic and homophobic at its core, we also acknowledge it leads to the violation of women’s right to freedom of belief, right to free assembly and right to organise politically, and a violation of women’s right to safety, dignity and privacy away from males. Women should be able to object to these violations of our basic rights becoming socially acceptable, without being subjected to harassment, and fear of harassment if we do speak out against gender ideology. Gender critical people also acknowledge that gender ideology is harmful to children and young people, as it not only engenders sexist and homophobic attitudes in children and young people, it can lead them to believe they are ‘born in the wrong body’, or are less of their biological sex, if they like stereotypical things of the opposite sex, and/or feel attraction to their own sex. This then leads children and young people to undergo medical intervention to try to change their bodies, rather than accepting themselves as gender non-conforming members of their own sex, and/or as homosexual/bisexual members of their own sex. This can act as a kind of gay conversion therapy, if a homosexual young person is affirmed as the opposite sex, rather than being helped to accept themselves as gender non- conforming homosexual. Gender ideology also encourages children and young people to become dependent on outside validation from others, as gender ideology posits that others must validate one’s gender identity, and if someone refuses they are hateful and are denying one’s existence. This can engender a kind of narcissism in children and young people, as they can then begin to feel entitled to have others validate their self declared gender identity, and feel wronged and like their existence is being denied when others refuse to validate it. Many gender critical people believe children and young people should be encouraged to develop self reliance, rather than being encouraged to depend on the validation of others, as this engenders emotional resilience and good mental health. Moreover, children and young people can have other issues, which could cause them to identify as the opposite sex, such as sexual abuse, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, autism, family problems, trauma, or various mental health issues. Many gender critical people believe children and young people should have the cause for why they identify as the opposite sex explored, that therapy should be offered to help them uncover those underlying causes, so therapists can help the child or young person accept themselves as the sex they are. Affirming a child or young person as the opposite sex does not allow the underlying issues to be identified and treated, and can also lead a child or young person to undergo medical intervention, which can leave lasting changes to the child’s or young person’s body, which they may later come to regret.” 

“Men who believe they are women are still men and still pose the same risks to women as other men, potentially more as their belief indicates probably a lack of empathy for women &/or a clear disregard of the dignity of women &/or delusional psychology &/or malicious intent. Women’s sex specific spaces and services should be exclusively for women – that is, for female people only, and not for any male who has acquired the legal status of “female” through obtaining a certificate to assert their beliefs.”

“From a point of view of literal interpretation, everybody is “gender non conforming”, or “non-binary” as each one of us cannot ever fit perfectly into the sexist stereotypes of man and woman, since both categories include aspects of the human experience. So, in that sense, it is irrelevant to say that we are “non-binary” or “non-conforming”, because EVERYONE IS, that is regarding gender… The real problem I see is the more prevalent occurrence of conflating sex with gender. I think that understanding the difference between “sex” and “gender” as well as learning more about DSD can help us understand the nuances and have a fair assessment of the matter. Of course, listening to the stories of detransitioners can make it even more comprehensive and bring the human aspect of the stories, beyond just doing the rational exercise of drawing conclusions. Regarding the celebrities, I see the need to remind them of the impact that their public displays have, so that hopefully they truly inform their views, but I suppose in general just fostering critical thinking among the population is part of our struggle.”

“Again, make it stop. Men should not be in women’s spaces. This is so bad for the mental health and identity of women.” 

“There is a great deal of attention seeking going on, and celebrities know that if they come out as trans it will get them headlines and a clutch of support from the trans community. I wonder how genuine it is? How long it will last? It seems very much a trend.”

“It seems to me that most NBs are women trying to escape from being female in a male dominated, hyper sexualised society. We have to do better by young women today.”

“Disabled women should be able to request a same sex carer.”

“Safe spaces for women and children are being shut down and sex offenders are being given a free pass to women only spaces.”

“It seems we have gone backwards since I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Sex-stereotypes seem more restrictive than ever. I don’t know when or how this happened. I didn’t bring my daughters up this way. Both my mother (now in her 90s) and me have had professional careers and would never have assumed a girl “should” be a certain way because she was female. You like what you like. You should be able to wear what you like. J K Rowling put it very well indeed in her infamous tweet.”

“I have relatives who are dependent on personal care. They should be able to specify the sex of the person providing that care and know that their request will be properly carried out.” 

“Mridul male is the CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis and thinks that women who want single sex spaces are traumatised and should be re educated.”

“It is over one hundred years in Britain that women were allowed to vote, to have a voice in society and now? I see this whole ideology as a tragedy for women and girls but have hope that as more people become aware of what the outcomes of this belief are there could be a rolling back of changes already made all over the world to accommodate ‘trans rights’. At the moment it seems that women and girls are caught between the repressive handmaid rules of Gilead, useful for reproduction, but at least having a name; and the rules of Queer Theory (?) where the rules are the same but they don’t even have the courtesy of a name, just a descriptor: birthing person. As an issue it affects boys too, and we should not forget them.”

“Celebrities have always jumped on stupid bandwagons. This is not being caused by them. Re detransitioners, I’m mainly happy for them. They are strong people to be able to back out and do what’s right for them. I hope as feminists we can show support without demanding they become public figures since that must take a lot of strength. I wonder how that could be done.”

“Social contagion. Society is sick. We can’t handle the truth so we seem to allow ourselves to think we can change sex, and that any misgendering is literal violence yet people around the world in less fortunate places are still being treated horrifically. I think there seems to be a pandemic of wanting to be vulnerable and oppressed in order to not be accused of privilege.”

“Just that it’s MAKING me mentally-ill, and I am alone and have no one to talk to when there are rainbow flags and “trans inclusive” signs everywhere, but nothing about: “women are safe here.”

“No one is able to explain gender identity without talking about sex stereotypes. These are societal creations that are regressive and oppressive.” 

“All those non-binary idiots will get to walk away from this once the trend is over. Lesbians won’t. We’ll be stuck with the reputation they gave us/”the LGBTQ+ community” for a long time. This is just straighties wanting to be special.”

“I’m concerned that it almost considered a crime to ‘misgender’ someone.” 

“It’s just so pervasive. It’s exhausting keeping up with how gender ideology has influenced our culture in such a distorted way. I’m tired.” 

“I fully support everyone’s right to present themselves how they wish. I don’t care if men wear make-up, dresses and high heels. I also believe there is a very small percentage of adults who will only be happy if they undergo surgery to appear to be the opposite sex. However, I think the current flood of adolescent transitioners is a reaction to a society that does nothing to support individuality and places immense pressures on young people. Social media exacerbates that and many people live in a media bubble with no idea of how the rest of the world lives or thinks.”

“I am fast concluding that trans is not a thing!”

“The situation is absolutely terrifying. I fear having to go to hospital, or ending up having to live in care. My lesbian friend died in care and I arrived a couple of times to visit as she was sat naked on her bed with 2 male carers discussing football at her open door. I have nightmares about this. I was sexually abused by a male gynaecologist a couple of years ago because I didn’t feel able to insist on seeing a woman.”

“Some of these so-called ‘celebrities’ need to be called out and their attitudes shown for what they are – attention seeking.”

“I’m very saddened that the “androgynous” concept, which made no claims about changing sex, and made no demands on others to validate (quite the opposite) has morphed into something so negative and controlling. I’m also very concerned that male perpetrators who are not even trans need only claim a trans identity to gain access to female changing rooms etc., and the man involved in the Wi-Spa incident has asserted that trans people should have indemnity from accusations against them for exposure, voyeurism etc, creating a complete void of protection for women and girls from predators.”

“The shameless, rabid attention-seeking of so many in the public eye! It would be a wonderful thing if non-conforming people were encouraged to live as non-conforming people rather than being pushed to stereotypical “identities” to show just how “special” and “unique” they are. Plenty of people have done so in the past – with far more credibility and admiration than the attention-seeking types who demand constant attention and affirmation today. Prisons, rape crisis centres, homeless shelters etc., – women have already suffered enough – having to contend with biological males (particularly since there is no safeguarding whatsoever to ensure such men are not exploitative men out to take advantage of appallingly inadequate laws) should not be a further punishment or load that women have to bear. Sport? Don’t get me started. How did we get to a situation where “inclusion” of biological men gets lauded over “fairness” and “safety” for women and girls in women’s sport?” 

“Non-binary is toxic – no space remains for women only.”

“Most of these harms are especially affecting younger women and girls. The trend towards so called non binary identity will probably be of diminishing value as so many celebrities publicise themselves in this way it’s not going to be seen as special or newsworthy for long.”

“I feel the rights of women are being eroded, after being fought for so hard.”

“I think that porn has played a large part in this. I’m sensing that the pornified norms and expectations of women has those girls and young women who do not want to conform to this notion of womanhood fleeing to non-binary and male identities. I don’t blame them for this – but I do not think this is the answer. It’s a form of flight, rather than facing the issues we need to tackle as a society. Young people deserve support and exploration of challenging issues, yet all those who would genuinely attempt this are being aggressively silenced. It is horrific.”

“I can’t engage much with “non-binary” because it is so meaningless and it is my understanding that, for the most part, women and homosexuals are being threatened by men who claim to be women.”

“I feel that during the pandemic, many celebrities have adopted non binary identities in order to gain publicity and associated wealth. The problem arising from this is that many younger people may be influenced to follow the trend and harmed by the notion that you can change your sex either socially or medically.”

“When I was in labour, my birth plan included that I was not to be left alone at any point, I always had to have a woman with me, because when younger, and in hospital following a suicide attempt, I was sexually assaulted by a male doctor. Now there would be no guarantee of this. Anxiety in labour can slow it down and harm both mother and baby. Also, I am sickened by the assumption that because I am not non binary, I am some kind of feminine stereotype knitting little pink booties all day long or something. I grew up in the 70s and thought we’d got all over this. I also should add, that the emphasis in workplaces on being supportive of this that and the other group, places a huge emphasis on sex, sexuality, and who one’s partner is, while the group I am in – older, single women – is told we have to support trans people etc., etc., yet why? What fucking support do they want from me? An old lady nobody glances at twice. All that happens is that sex sex sex sex is talked about all the time, while women like me are viewed as totally out of the game, ignored, ‘undatable’, like we are not in the conversation at all. It really sickens me.” 

“The rampant acceptance of this dogma by celebrities and the media is daunting. It’s hard to find a show that isn’t forcing a trans or gender fluid character in lately.”

“I would like to do more, but I don’t know what or where. I want to meet with other feminists or GC in person, but haven’t really had a chance. I’m tired of being angry about it, I want to do something.”

“I’m personally settled in who I am. I’m an out lesbian and always will be. Anyone who doesn’t like it can piss off. However, younger, more impressionable lesbians and bi-women may be confused or swayed by celebrities saying they are gnc, or whatever.”

“This influences the children and young people.”

“Ex rugby player- we would never play with the men, just train, it’s too dangerous.”

“Celebrities identifying as “non-binary” are seriously harming children and young people. They are glamorising confusion and not allowing children to grow up and discover who they are and their own sexuality for themselves.”

“’Non binary’ just makes me roll my eyes. I wish these people would actually read some of the second wave feminists they decry. I don’t think it’s as dangerous as trans because it doesn’t normally seem to involve mutilating yourself. But non binary blokes can stay out of women’s spaces, thanks.” 

“Ex nurse here, women were always offered a female practitioner or chaperone. To have to accept a male in female dress is not an acceptable substitute.” 

“Bloody ‘girl mode’ ‘lesbian’ Eddie Izzard.”

“I am a woman. I wear jeans and jumpers, own no high heels. Am I non- binary? I don’t know what ‘woman’ feels like- I just am one. It’s all such nonsense. Mostly straight people trying to be interesting.”

“Some days I just feel like the whole world has gone mad. I am so angry that young women are seen as collateral damage to the trans ideology. I worry for my daughter, who already at age 6 has low self esteem after falling behind after covid isolation and talks about being a ‘boy-girl’. I also worry that schools no longer teach critical thinking skills and it’s drummed into them what is kind and good.” 

“The invasion of prisons and DV shelters is just one of the worst aspects of what this trans cult has led to. It has to stop! Everyone has the right to be safe… let trans have separate prison facilities and shelters instead of colonising ours.”

“Allowing males into female only spaces/sports/etc., is a predator’s wet dream. They are the ONLY group to benefit.”

“I think these celebrities are using it for “clout” due to tumblr culture where the most oppressed identity is the only acceptable one.”

“There is a huge amount of propaganda to promote this ideology. It is in so many tv shows, Good Girls, Glee, Sex Education, Superstore, Shameless US to name only a few. The trans colours are everywhere. This ideological view is being pushed so hard. It is not safe for women and girls to have to share spaces with men and boys. Women need to be seen by female medical professionals and should be able to request female only services without being refused or shamed. Many women will be prevented from accessing help if they have to share their services with men.”

“When women are denied the ordinary right to access single-sex spaces because of men, and their demand to be counted as “women”, it re-enforces the subjugatory status of women because, again, the action prioritizes men as more important, and more human, than women and enables men’s political interests in relation to the structure of patriarchal society.”

“Watching Fallon Fox, a trans-identified male smash a woman’s skull in an organised fight was sickening. I have self-excluded from Rape Crisis as I do not want to meet any trans-identified male there nor do I want to request a biological female as I don’t want to receive justice advocacy from a woman who might regard me as a bigot. I’ve also lost faith in the Scottish RC movement as they have consistently stated there is no conflict between trans and women’s rights when the trans-identified male CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis has admitted women are self-excluding from rape crisis because trans-identified males are present. Laurel Hubbard was a tragedy for women’s sport and to see female athletes miss out on a place was really sad.”

“Self exclusion from public life/public services by vulnerable women concerns me.”

“Stereotypes are regarded as harmful in most spheres, but gender stereotypes often aren’t considered in this way – why not?”

“Celebrities identifying as non binary are just trying to get publicity. Unfortunately, they influence young people who might try to emulate them.”

“It all feels quite Orwellian.”

“I am disturbed that young people are bombarded with the idea that trans ideology is healthy and acceptable.”

“Women’s sports is a very obvious case where this ideology boosts male people and their rights and harms female people and our rights. No male even after orchidectomy or T suppression or estrogen is a woman – unfair.” 

“Q75 – Again, this comes down to consent, and if a female client is not capable of consent, then we must assume it is not given.”

“Wish celebrities would get off the bandwagon – and think about the impact on children, instead of boosting their fading popularity.”

“Non-binary doesn’t really mean anything, it’s part of gender ideology that requires people to agree with regressive sexist stereotypes.” 

“Our local rape crisis center has a TW CEO who has stated that women using their services will be re-educated to validate TIMs before any therapy. This person has said that women will not use their services as a result, and that does not matter. The feminists who set up this center were respectful of raped males, how dare this man treat traumatised women so shamefully. I personally know of three women unable to use this service, and a 15 year old girl who was gang raped. Her mother is distraught as they cannot go there. This is all because funding from the SNP Gov is dependent on treating TW as if they are women; even the toilets are gender neutral. Most of the board and half the staff have been replaced. This is outrageous.”

“Males must not be in female jails, this is inhuman to women.”

“For Q75 I’m OK to let and have had very personal treatment and care from a male nurse or doctor. I would not be totally happy to have the same from a self identifying male to female person.” 

“I am very seriously concerned by any therapist who abdicates her responsibility to the client. it is malpractice and needs to be treated as such.”

“It’s the detransitioners and trans widows that made me pay attention to all this in the first place.”

“I have no gender identity. I am a woman because I am one. It’s highly offensive to suggest that women identify our way into being an oppressed class. We can’t identify our way out of being an oppressed class. It’s heartbreaking that so many young women appear to be identifying as trans or non binary to get away from regressive sex role stereotypes and escape male violence. And sadly the reality is it doesn’t work, like the evidence that shows 65% of all transmen in male prisons report being raped while in there (USA). Given how many victims of rape never come forward, especially victims within prisons, the real figure is likely to be much higher. It’s very frightening that influencers are promoting this to young people. I’m also an atheist so the idea of an inner essence of any sort being pushed onto me by others’ belief systems is religious oppression. Women will be missing from women’s sports because they are no longer safe or fair. My daughters will have less positive female role models than I did. It’s regressive. And it’s circular in nature; if women who like male sex role stereotypes are deemed men then it relies on and reinforces regressive and limiting sex role stereotypes, that aren’t good for men or boys but actively ensure their patriarchal dominance over and entitlement to women and girls.” 

“It’s men taking over what limited rights we have. There are no polite words to describe how I feel. In scouse – they can f******* do one.  Trans people exist and have rights and I will fully respect and defend those rights. However, they do not have the rights that women have fought for to have a life worth living in this patriarchal society- the right to participate in life, opportunities, to be safe and have dignity. Women fought and died for us to have them. These nomarks are pushing us out.”

“I wish TRA would just calm down. I am sick of the aggression and bullying. Many TRAs want to be women but in reality they really hate us.”

“If it wasn’t for the fact I have a good job and supportive family, I could have easily had to go to a women’s shelter some years ago when leaving my abusive ex husband. It chills me to the bone that vulnerable women and children can be expected to share a space with men when they are most at risk. Furthermore, I have noticed that teenagers with the most turbulent home lives can often identify as the opposite sex. I think we need compassion for the trauma faced by these kids, not puberty blockers and pronouns.”

“I work in sport and took part in the recently published NGB survey on participation but not in an official capacity as my views are at odds with those of my employer.”

“Q74-6 are the key areas of concern for me-especially 74 & 75 as women are vulnerable in these cases.”

“Even if there were no physical advantages in sport, the inclusion of a male, however he identifies, takes a place in the team/competition from at least one woman (and others who may no longer wish to participate in a mixed sex setting for whatever reason).”

“Q70 well, they’ll be in for a surprise because I don’t conform to sexist stereotypes and I won’t answer any question about gender other than I’d prefer not to!!”

“I am furious that our elected representatives are not protecting our freedom. The few prominent gender-critics are glimmers of light. I am desperate for children who are growing up without a normal sense of reality and sexual boundaries. What the hell is so much ‘drag’ doing on mainstream television? What I have seen is not harmless, particularly in such quantity.”

“I do not want to see a trans woman health professional. I want to know that I will be seen by a born woman.”

“Where is the money coming from to finance all this propaganda?”

“Mixed sex prisons should not be allowed, just totally wrong. Same for hospital wards etc. Women have a right to be safe from harm.”

“The taboo on exploring therapy options is completely deranged and most harmful to the group they are most claiming to support.” 

“I do think a lot of people are turning to gender identity as a band aid to get actual help. I do have a suspicion many doctors are getting bonuses for succumbing to gender extremism and there should be an investigation concerning that.”

“It’s a fashion and like mullets will look ridiculous in ten years time. Women have had enough. I have no objection to men giving personal care but not men in drag.”

“Re. Question 73 – So many therapists lapped this crap up wholesale and are a big part of the problem.”

“I would not be comfortable at all having personal intimate health care performed by a trans woman.” 

“Like I said, I was in prison, I had to submit to intimate searches par the course, now a man could perform that search. It’s legalised rape.”

“The world of media and institutions always side with patriarchy. Protecting the sexist stereotypes of femininity created by patriarchy is now more important than protecting actual women.” 

“It’s really sad when I see Queers and TRA’s saying that “we need to fight gender norms” or that “clothes don’t have any gender” but when they see a woman dressed in a non feminine way, they say she’s “non binary.” The same when she talks or acts in a more “masculine” way.”

“As a sexual abuse survivor, I now have recurring nightmares about being in situations where a man is allowed access to me in a way I don’t consent to, due to gender ideology.” 

“Celebrities will say anything to get attention. Hopefully, this will come back to bite them on the bum, as the saying goes. Hugely irresponsible of them, but they too are scared of The Trans Mafia tearing apart their careers. No males ever in women’s sports. No males in our spaces, ever… no males giving personal care to us, pretending they’re women… that’s just beyond perverted and I’d not let such men near me, ever… Everything on this page of questions concerns me deeply…as does the fact that so many are totally unaware of what’s being done to our rights, our way of life….”

“There is a core issue of the removal of consent that underlies this direction of travel. How can it claim to be about protection of a group of people when it removed consent from others. Societal adherence needs understanding and debate to reach consensus.” 

“Media is driving this.”

“Men should not be in women’s spaces or insisting on providing personal services and claiming to be a woman. Everyone knows what a woman is and what a man is. Men are stronger and can be intimidating and threatening, and they can pose genuine risks for women and girls.” 

“The erasure of single sex spaces worries me immensely but in particular having a mum who spent time on a psychiatric ward, knowing that men could have been in that area without reprisal is sickening and worrying.” 

“As an ex NHS worker women provide personal care to both sexes and visa versa, Always consent must be sought, and there are boundaries. Male carers were always accompanied by a female when carrying out tasks or providing care. Gender ideology is eroding these barriers.”

“I have chosen to have female healthcare providers for 40 years. I shouldn’t have to justify this to bolster someone else’s feelings.” 

“Non-binary identities are the gateway to trans identities. There are medical companies doing non-binary surgeries including nullification.”

“What is the point of the sex and gender exceptions in UK Equality Act 2010, if they cannot be invoked to protect women, because judges always insist “Parliament’s intention was to treat trans people differently from their birth sex”. Yet, United Nations considers making female PoWs share facilities with males is “cruel and degrading treatment”. Our laws do not protect women and they must be changed to do so: a female prisoner lost her case that Ministry of Justice discriminated against her – the judgment given says that even in prison, women cannot expect to be accommodated separately from male prisoners. If a prison doesn’t qualify as a single sex service, then what does?”

“Famous people pushing this ideology onto the general public and children via social media is very dangerous.”

“I’m not bothered what people think about my performing or not performing stereo-typically female behaviour: I don’t label myself. I don’t care if others do. I do care about the active attempts to de-link women from our biology, and to replace it with a box of stereotypical behaviours. I am a woman because of biology: I was born female and survived to adulthood. It is dangerous, and highly offensive, for a man who has an idea of what being a woman is (something that can only be based on stereotypes), to say he is the same as me and to insert himself into my spaces. For him to tell me my words aren’t mine anymore: my descriptors are now a collection of body parts while he gets to use the word woman. I cannot understand why women have so little value that our very selves can be stolen away just because some men like wearing dresses.”

“Women as a sex are being attacked from every direction. I cannot believe how quickly this has escalated, and I see the men’s rights movement behind so much of the violence and misogyny, as well as the whittling away of women’s rights. It seemed impossible that anyone could think men could compete in women’s sports – but now they do. It seemed impossible that men could take scholarships, fellowships, positions on boards and committees that were reserved for women, but now they do. I could not imagine that men would be in women’s prisons or rape shelters. It seemed impossible that gay people would be attacked again for their sexuality and subjected to conversion therapy. I never believed that doctors would harm children, permanently deform and sterilise them. I did not think that it would be regarded as hate to speak the truth.”

“I am a retired clinical therapist with two (2) Ph.Ds I spent my professional career helping women process and heal from sexual assault, abuse, incest and non-state torture. Now, women and girls are being gaslit and legally compelled to participate in their own genocide.”

“It is a nightmare, we are losing so much & it is so difficult to challenge trans ideology as trans activists use bullying etc to silence & stifle discussion.”

“I am angry about the opportunities stolen from women. I am concerned that as I get older I will be vulnerable in places such as hospital wards where I ought to be safe. I worry for other women who will suffer because they cannot escape predatory men. I refuse to be ‘cis’ as I’ve never wanted to ‘fit’ in the ‘feminine’ box. It’s all so regressive and so dictatorial. I think maybe we should all identify as non-binary. The whole gender thing makes no sense to me.”

“I have been shocked by the utter lack of compassion towards vulnerable women at risk from males in prisons/shelters etc. It is proof that all the men saying ‘TWAW’ know they are men, as they have compassion for them, they can relate to their (male) desire to be in a women’s prison. But no compassion at all for women.”

“The celebrities and influencers are likely under pressure to ‘conform’ to this dishonest and woman-hating ideology. I’m afraid for all the young people who will be mutilated and their lives ruined in order to support an ideology being promoted by men who fetishise the idea of becoming that which they can never be. A woman.”

“The personal care question- I am concerned about men who should not be doing that, who are doing it for sexual gratification. There are decent male care providers. If however e.g. someone self identifies as female, changed name etc., their past cannot be checked i.e. enhanced disclosure.” 

“Women providing personal care to men is very different to men providing personal care to women. 98% of sexual assaults committed by men. Women are not a threat.”

“I am unconcerned about people’s opinion of me but have PTSD (due to male violence & rape) so find aggressive confrontations very hard to cope with. I simply won’t use a service that cannot guarantee my safety in toilets etc. I feel that concerned about it. My only concern about celebrities (because everyone’s entitled to be whatever they want so long as they aren’t culturally appropriating) only due to their influence over kids. A well to do person with status won’t feel the effects like a kid in a rough urban area.”

“If you can’t define a category, for example woman, then you can’t defend it & it is open to abuse & colonisation. Males have always been dominant in society and this is just another way for them to take over any space, group or organisation that doesn’t centre them. And because females have always been socialised to be kind, don’t make a fuss, let it go, many have chosen to ignore or so far don’t see the problems. Historically it’s no time at all since women’s rights were won and already they’re being reduced & cut back in the name of inclusivity. We’re 51% of the population. It’s time we took up the relevant amount of space.” 

“As an older woman, it makes me both hugely angry and also quite fearful to think I could be in hospital and be forced to accept care from a man who says they are a woman. To have a man on the same ward. My privacy and dignity has no value anymore. The kind of men who would invade women’s places like this are the ones who should most emphatically be kept out.”

“As someone who managed to get out of a violent relationship with family help and without needing a shelter I understand exactly why those places are needed and why they need to be free from men. I also would not want intimate care provided by a man.” 

“Media should Stop indulging vacuous celebrities.”

“Eddie Izzard stays in ‘boy mode’ for career opportunities and yet expects to be seen as a woman when he wants to enter politics. Colonisation at its most obvious and venal.”

“I identified as non-binary for five years and it made my pre-existing eating disorder much worse because I was attempting to look more androgynous so I would not let myself gain weight. I was told all my feelings and discomforts about my gender were dysphoria so the harder I tried to be ‘non-binary’ the more dysphoria I actually got.” 

“Women are already losing out to male athletes. Women are already being raped in jail by men claiming to be women.” 

“My mother has dementia. She saw a man, not even pretending to be a woman, walk out of the women’s toilet at her local community center, and then I had trouble explaining why she could still use that facility, that it wasn’t the men’s. She still knows what a man is- even if she’s forgotten that he’s her own son!”

“Men are taking over women’s spaces, prizes, sports & accolades & it’s extremely annoying to have all these men being promoted as ‘woman of the year’ etc.” 

“The idea that I am choosing to identify with sex roles as a “cis” woman is disturbing to me, especially coming from an ideology that has a basis in self-identification. I am not “cis” or anything. I am just a human woman. I’ve thought about sex roles and stereotypes for most of my life, and I thought we were getting to a point where they were passe in many ways, but I was wrong. The idea that you have to define yourself by sex roles is greatly distressing to me, and I can see how this idea is a social contagion, especially for young girls.” 

“In nursing homes, rehab CTRs & hospitals males already do personal care for women & females for men. The staffing levels are an issue, that prevents having someone else along. But I think there is a tension between both sexes doing nursing work or caregivers & acting as professionals- which is the norm in USA & sexual abuse of patients which have occurred-almost all by males.”

“These are the predicaments’ we’re in: as women we are now on the defensive position, we are being threatened by being who we are… even stigmatized to have the reproductive bodies we were born into. Men grow up with entitlement and encouragement to fight for what they want. As a woman I grew up more submissive. It is hard/ sometimes impossible to learn to fight back in the middle of life burdened with threats from men who think they know what it is like to be a woman.”

“There’s lots here. No. 74 is a major issue. I’m very worried for women in prison who are having to share their spaces with men, many of whom are working the system to give themselves access to women and sometimes mothers with children. Some of these men are rapists and murderers. It would seem that some prison warders are frightened to intervene in the prisons where trans-men are changing the ‘balance’ within the prison community: women are being raped and no doubt pregnancies will follow and will be covered up. We also have a male bodied trans-woman, CEO at Edinburgh Rape Crisis who wants to re-educate women who turn up asking for a same-sex councillor after being raped by a man with his penis.” 

“Everyone is non binary… but your body is your body.”

“Sexist stereotypes were feminism’s enemy for decades. Now there are women who say they are feminists who want to enforce them, by insisting that being cis is to identify with ‘gender assigned at birth’. Has me spitting nails.”

“Everyone is non-binary. Calling yourself non-binary is insulting to every person who doesn’t as it is based on the assumption that we are all somehow conforming to a binary.” 

“As previously stated, I am extremely concerned about the impact of gender identity ideology on women who require personal care. Women should always be able to request same sex services.” 

“There is no single aspect of gender ideology that is not concerning.”

“Vancouver Rape Relief. We are under attack.”

“It’s exhausting, and getting worse. I am very afraid for young people growing up in this environment. I know this is an old fashioned idea, but I think it all stems from the easy access to porn on the phones in the last 20 years or so, male desire being warped and porny ideas being normalised. At the same time as women being pressured to accept men as equals in all the safe spaces you mention, the rates of men killing, raping, and torturing women goes up and the conviction rates go down. Women have never been more unsafe around men, in new and intimidating ways.”

“I want trans people to live positive, fulfilled lives free from prejudice and harassment. However there are a few areas of public and private life where sex should be prioritised over gender and these include places where women are particularly vulnerable, either because of medical conditions, incarceration, needing therapeutic or personal care.”

“I do not believe that men can transform into women so it concerns me that if I am in a women only space or have requested a female care provider, if a male appears and I object (which I definitely would), I would be labelled as a bigot or some sort of “ist” or “phobe” because I refuse to accept a man lying to me.” 

“It makes me not even want to participate in society. It makes me afraid to leave my house. I just want men to leave me and other women alone. Is that so much to ask?”

“I am a counsellor so yes, I am very worried about the trend toward affirmation only therapy with and the implications of proposed conversion therapy bans. I am working with a group of other therapists on defending exploratory therapy especially for young people, who are having gender issues. Also, I could not accept a man, no matter how he identifies, performing intimate procedures on me such as a cervical smear for example. I am super sensitive about things like this, which includes PTSD type reactions due to complicated reasons. I would also then be worried that if I refused the man that either I would be not be able to get the necessary procedure or if a woman was then provided that she might treat me in a rough way due to my refusal of her colleague and her loyalty toward him. So yes, it would leave me in a very stressful situation either way. I am very worried about this one.”

“I mean, the above question about celebrities it is downright irresponsible. They know it’s a fad. They know it’s headline-worthy in those circles. Children will make irreversible changes to their bodies because their idol says it’s okay.” 

“For personal care I am particularly concerned about gaslighting older people to accept transwomen as female.” 

“Very concerned about all of these points, but especially regarding exploratory work being seen as conversion therapy. Children and young people who are confused about their gender need opportunities to discuss their confusion and anxiety with professionals trained to deal with it. Otherwise, they may well be affirmed and progress to transition only to realise at a later date that this was inappropriate for them.” 

“If the trans-train is not stopped the repercussions will be tremendous loss of hard won women’s rights, increased violence and actual erasure of women as human females. 1000’s of young women will be deformed, filled with testosterone.”

“The transition of children is abhorrent. Non binary is a result of trans ideology ” feeling” they are a man or a woman. It is possible that heterosexual “vanilla” young people want to be trendy so “non binary” covers a multitude of things. It is also impossible to be non binary, as sex is binary. Men in women’s sport is outrageous, men have greater muscle/fat ratio, larger lungs, heart etc. It is ridiculous to consider such a thing. I think trans is misogynistic & homophobic. Also, detransitioners are having to seek help from other agencies/charities when the largest still has LGB, within its title. I do not think there is a figure to say how many have detransitioned, the trans ideology do not want to know.”

“I actually dread ever needing overnight hospital treatment it is the most frightening thing I can think of, to be vulnerable, in a state of undress, possibly immobilised and in a mixed ward, it will deter me from seeking treatment.”

“”Affirmation” only being imposed on therapists is a guarantee that no one will receive adequate assessment & the help that they need.” 

“Nobody with a penis should be in a single sex facility.”

“I have been in hospital recently and a man attempted to access the women’s beds twice one night. He was returned to his own side of the ward but who knows what could have happened if he had been actually in the ward as a ” transwoman”.”

“I grew up with celebrities like Boy George, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Annie Lennox challenging stereotypes. We are regressing back the way now and saying if you like dresses and make-up you’re a girl etc., it’s taken pink and blue stereotypes to the extreme.”

“Some of the self-id -ing in health care is little more than sexual assault by stealth. The sex of everyone should be retained on their national and employment records. Female patients should be able to be guaranteed their intimate care is performed by a woman. No female police or prison officer should have to search a transwoman. No female prisoner should have to share space with a transwoman.”

“So many things are so concerning it’s impossible to say what’s most concerning. However, as a clinical psychologist, not being able to do my job ethically, is extremely worrying, especially as I believe we’re going to get many many people coming through standard mental health services who have been incredibly harmed by affirmation practice in gender ideology.”

“I believed that the obvious unfairness and danger of men competing in women’s sport – in particular after Boyd Burton broke a woman’s skull – would sicken people so much that some reason and fairness would return. Yet it has not.”

“I am old, and female. I am NOT feminine, but this makes me non-feminine and in NO way “non-binary”!”

“Accessing a woman only space where my experience of reality was allowed was crucial to my recovery. I did the Freedom Programme at my local Women’s Aid centre. If you had been told you had to perceive a male person as being a female person then it would have been *impossible* for the Programme to give you back confidence in your own experiences of reality. Even if women don’t self exclude from these services they will be rendered ineffectual by the workers using their position of institutional power to disallow the service users experience of reality in exactly the same way that an abuser would.” 

“Aaaaaaargh!!! Too much to put in here and for my head to not explode.”

“Non binary is nonsense and should always be called out. There is no such thing. We need to stop giving it legitimacy. I’m xXX doesn’t make it true. We need to be adults. My son wanted to marry his cat as a child, I didn’t encourage it. Also we need to keep stressing that this is nothing like the gay equality fight. Young people who have grown up with seeing Pride all around them think they are being kind, that Trans is like gay liberation. Coupled with this is the fact that every straight kid wants an excuse to join the big Pride party as it seems so cool.” 

“Non binary is a nonsense. Women have fought to break free of stereotypes so why do we need non binary? Injuries from trans women to women, or in contact sports worse, is now a real possibility. The fact that a transwoman can have an OK career as a man and when they start falling out of the rankings take hormone blockers to enable them to compete in the Olympics just shows how women will be erased.”

“As a woman who has spent a lot of time as a parent in a Children’s hospital I felt threatened having male parents in the hospital bays I slept in. I accept this is not a single sex ward, and just one of those things but felt extremely vulnerable when not a patient, not because the men concerned were threatening, just because I was vulnerable. I had no privacy, can advocate but still could be overwhelmed at night on my own, was at risk, and not ill. It would be 200% worse if I had not been well, not educated, not stroppy. My sex is what makes me vulnerable I was sexually assaulted because I am a woman, not any other reason.”

“”Non-binary” is so not a thing – we’re in an era when people can say anything at all and it’s validated as “their true lived experience”, even if it is total gibberish. Also, most non-binary individuals end up being females who still have double mastectomies etc., and look alienated from their own bodies – like Ellen (Elliot) Page.” 

“People should feel free to ID as they wish but it should not give them access to sex based rights which do not apply to their sex. I don’t want TIMs in my spaces/provisions. I don’t want to participate in people’s fetishes.”

“Women built refuges and rape crisis for themselves let Trans build and fund their own. Their issues are not women’s issues.”

“Women are being oppressed further by men, both those who identify as women & those who trot out the mantra twaw. It’s wrong!” 

“The people who this does not affect speak the loudest, these celebrities will never need to share rape centers or bathrooms they are ignorant to this and how it actually affects women.”

“How can we protect women when there is no longer such a thing as a “woman”.”

“Women’s rights are under attack. Women are under attack. LGB people’s rights are under attack. LGB people are under attack. I don’t care how other people who believe they have a Gender Identity identify. That is & should be their choice. I care very much that everyone else is being expected to believe it, say the right things & deny their own beliefs & experiences to prioritise this one group of people above all others.”

“The concept of non-binary ridicules all the women and men who have fought against sexist stereotypes in the past by enforcing the idea that most people adhere to stereotypes rather than it being imposed on many people by the patriarchy.”

“People can “identify” how they like, as long as they do not expect everyone else to accept their delusions as fact.” 

“The word gender used to mean something different from the word sex. I think gender doesn’t exist, and we should go back to using the word sex when talking about men and women.”

“Ultimately I have no problem with people choosing to identify as whatever they like until that identity impinges on my own freedom as a woman.”

“I don’t care whether people think I conform. I don’t, I never have. Fairness and safety however are a different thing. This encroachment is dangerous.”

“Sport and prisons are the big issues for me. I don’t believe there is wide spread support for males identifying as females being included in these categories so pressure must be put on those with influence to resist this imposition.”

“The right to single sex services and protections are fundamental to women. The right of young people to have appropriate counselling and support is very important and the failure of these services currently is damaging many young lives.”

“I can only say that none of this is right. Men should stay out of women’s spaces.”

“Sex should never have been replaced with gender in documents, briefings or on the sly which appears to have happened with nhs or government departments ignoring the law & requirements such as prisons.”

“I’m only less concerned about being assumed to be gender conforming because I don’t really care what people think of my own gender performance.”

“Inconsistency about gender stereotypes that you purport to be denying, by then wanting to ‘change sex’ and adhere to the new gender stereotypes. This contortion of meaning and action actually gives me a headache. Non-binary identification is illogical, in fact all of it is, it’s tribal, superficial and part of an assault on language – therefore a complete misunderstanding of the components of identity, and if it wasn’t so dangerous it would be laughable.”

“I don’t care what assumptions anyone makes about me, but the sex-stereotyping within society feels like it is getting worse. I suspect this requirement to conform to stereotypes is working hand-in-hand with the rise of the non-binary identity, as if rather than challenging the stereotypes young people are opting out altogether. The appearance of men in women’s sports is another entirely different affair. The disparity between male and female ability is so pronounced that mediocre men outperform elite women, and this has a knock on effect right down to grassroots level. It’s taken women’s sports decades to be taken seriously, to be given quality facilities (to some extent), for prize money to be other than derisory (for some sports), to be given any TV coverage, and now we have to move over for autogynephiles and cheats. It’s so insulting.” 

“Women only spaces should be sacrosanct. Men however they identify should not be permitted. Women’s sports should be for natal women only. I am upset and offended that these men are trying to force us out of our spaces. Hearing knowledge doctors like Dr Az Hakeem and De-transitioners was really helpful in informing me about these issues. They are brave.”

“Unacceptable. Single-sex provisions and spaces are there for a reason. A lot of reasons.”

“I am a small woman; I was a small sporty teenager. I wouldn’t have had a chance up against male people. Women and girls are allowed some things for just themselves.”

“Non-binary; I am not like those boring others. It presupposes that there are things about your sex that are not worth owning.”

“Women as a whole are losing our rights. We are being pushed backwards in time to a point where men control everything, including our ability to protest such treatment.”

“I taught what was seen as a traditionally male subject. Trans ideology seems to be confirming these sex based roles even more now than they were 40 years ago, which is a real shame. They were trying to get girls into engineering etc. back then. What would the point be now?”

“As someone with a chronic illness, I don’t want to be in a hospital bed next to a man, however nice he may be!!”

“As someone with ongoing medical issues, the thought of being in a medical situation in Hospital or other medical treatments where I may be vulnerable and not being able to be in a single sex environment makes me anxious.” 

“I just don’t understand how we have come in my short lifetime from understanding that a girl or woman can have short hair, wear trousers and do traditionally male things and still be a girl, to telling her that she must be a boy. I spent my teenage years in docs, jeans and flannelette shirts in the 90s. The thought now that that would make me a boy is ridiculous. It took me time to accept my body and navigate being objectified in a patriarchal society. I know it’s hard. I would not have been helped in any way if I had been encouraged to try cross sex hormones or mutilate my body with surgery.”

“I already have to drive miles to a leisure centre in a different area to access sport/ swimming, as it still has single sex changing rooms. I cannot access hospital care, and hope I am not taken ill, as I cannot consent to being undressed with male strangers, and our hospital requires women to agree this as a condition of care (female patients are not told this unless they ask though- the information online says there are single sex wards- it’s not true). We already have local vulnerable elderly ladies refusing home carers as we cannot guarantee a female carer will be female, or a male who identifies as a female, and some don’t consent to being admitted if they are scared of the privacy issues. the local CCG know it is a problem, but say it’s fine as the NHS England policy allows men to identify as women everywhere. I am horrified at the impact this is having on women who need rape crisis or domestic refuge support as well. In our local area, the council have restricted funding only to providers who let men identify as women- so women are self excluding from services (e.g. the Freedom programme!) and no one cares.” 

“Male nurses are often brilliant. But not when saying they are women obviously.”

“All people need freedom to be exactly what they want – but the bottom line is they cannot change sex. Society needs to change to accept and celebrate all people and their personalities no matter what sex they are. But everyone must accept that they are either male or female. I’m hugely concerned about societies built on lies, brought by bullying behaviour.”

“See previous comment about my friend’s daughter. As a personal aside, whenever I’ve had a smear test, it’s always been arranged without me having to ask by a woman. My male doctor once put a coil in me and had to have a female chaperone. Would I be expected to accept the ‘woman’ performing my smear or acting as a chaperone being a biological male? If I protested, would I be denigrated and made to feel like a bigot? It’s just outrageous.”

“We must stand up to this – get the message to the masses – somehow, this is the only way to stop this madness.”

“The message being given to our children is if they do not conform e.g. to feminine stereotypes they are not “proper women”. My daughter has short hair, wears trousers at school, no make up. A member of staff told me she thought she was questioning gender identity. There is no room anymore for a girl to wear short hair and trousers. Her peers, her teachers all think she wants to be a boy, or she ids as a boy. This is deeply sinister. Every single girl in the local schools with only some exceptions has long straight hair, centre parting, no fringe, short skirt, make up. It is a monoculture against which any girl not complying is immediately suspected of not being a girl. I cannot express my sadness and sense of despair at this.”

“During the process of my autism diagnosis my psychologist brought up some non sex stereotype behaviours of mine and suggested I might ‘really’ be male. I laughed in her face and she dropped it. I worry that younger and more vulnerable autistic women may be misled by an authority figure and health professional suggesting this idiocy to them.”

“The misuse of THEY is really aggravating. It’s hard to unravel whom is being referred to. It also is eliminating a lot of awareness of problems of the female sex when individual women are referred to as THEY and as such is significantly reducing awareness of sexism. I’m angry about the resulting increased poverty of the English language.”

“Child sex abuse & rape survivor; I need female intimate care. Males still give me panic attacks at times.”

“Older women, or women who are relatively confident about their lives and security, do not realise the potential issue re hospital wards, inpatient units, nursing care etc., that in many cases unless you have either considerable power and wealth you will be impacted by self ID. Nothing can be taken for granted.”

“The erasure of sex-based rights for women and girls is happening right in front of our eyes – and even with the Equality Act 2010 still in place. Stonewall law has taken over from the actual law.” 

“I think that the whole ‘be kind’ and woke politic has resulted in the fetishisation of victim hood. Young people and ‘influencers’ seem to validate themselves via being a vulnerable or victimised person, or by becoming an extreme ‘ally’ of such people. This has led to so many claiming ‘non binary’ etc or rushing to prove how vocal their ‘ally ship’ is. It creates cults and gangs and mobs.”

“Just unbelievable that we are faced with these things!”

“I really notice that woman who tend to identify as trans or non binary are woman who have been very hurt, usually by men, and see being female as a form of weakness.”

“I’m a GNC lesbian (and talk to a lot of women like me) and the lot of us are distressed at how much more often it’s assumed that we’re NB or trans because of the prevalence of gender ideology. Some of us are just irritated about it, but others have experienced a marked decline in mental health over the years as gender ideology has become more widespread. It’s particularly salient in gyms/bathrooms/changing rooms.” 

“I’ve noticed a growing trend of famous GNC, lesbian women (mostly musicians, performers, & artists) declaring themselves to be nonbinary and getting their breasts removed. It breaks my heart for the teenage girls today– especially because there’s also more and more female artists who sexualize and objectivize themselves, selling it as “empowering” as they sell porn of themselves online through onlyfans. It seems like the role model choices for girls are “be a sex object” or “mutilate yourself”.” 

“Once again personal strength of character and willingness to be unpopular are vital.” Women must refuse to be made uncomfortable and to call out nonsense when they come across it. Easier said than done for the young, of course. But bring it on, I say!”

“’Woman’ as a gender identity is not the same as being a woman. It is concerning that American law is being changed to say they are the same thing. Britain is heavily influenced by America. The Gender Recognition Act is responsible for people believing they now just need to have a feeling they are the opposite sex and they then are being discriminated against if they are not allowed full access to all services based on their sex and gender identity. Women were denied representation with the Olympic committee in deciding about trans involvement only invited trans people to discussions. This confirms the Olympics committee is not interested in how female athletes feel. It’s ridiculous transwomen are still allowed to compete with 5 times the testosterone levels as women, but if a woman increased her testosterone to this level, she would be disqualified. It makes a mockery of drug testing. The testosterone levels for males was chosen since men could reach this goal rather than it being fair. Misogyny/sex discrimination. Non binary people are basically saying they deny they have a sexed body. If people can’t see that’s a mental health issue then its mind blowing. They then demand surgery to reaffirm their delusions. Trans ideology says men and women’s bodies are the same so we can play sports together accept trans people who were ‘born in the wrong bodies’. Total gaslighting. If male and female bodies are the same then puberty blockers and plastic surgery for trans people is not required. As stated I’m being told by my regulatory body to affirm peoples belief systems rather than explore the reasons why they have these issues. The fact people have body dysphoria is being denied as a mental health issue unless your body dysphoria is anorexia, then we are still allowed to see this as a mental health issue and explore the cause. We are allowed to tell anorexics they are not fat but not allowed to tell transwomen they are not really women. We are allowed to explore with an anorexic the reason why they hate their bodies but not if they say they are trans and want to cut their breasts off. Gaslighting and controlling.” 

“Q74) I would kick up Merry hell if that happened when I was/am in hospital 75) I was sent Male personal carers. I objected, however some women don’t mind. We should always have that choice. 76) It is ridiculous just how many women’s sporting medals, awards and prizes are being given to men. It needs to stop now,” 

“Prisons in particular appals me.”

“It’s all misogyny – externalised in the case of men, internalised in the case of women.” 

“There absolutely needs to be single sex spaces for women and run by woman. I would feel uncomfortable being forced to share a cell or ward with transwomen. I would also not feel comfortable with a trans person providing personal care for me.”

“As a sexual assault survivor, I cannot imagine being forced to share intimate spaces with males. The fact that they identify as females means nothing. I could not care less about hurting the feelings of a male who thinks that his desire to be validated is more important than women’s need to feel (and actually be) safe. Safety is a human right, validation is not.” 

“Women should NEVER have male care providers.”

“Girls are being taught to ignore their own boundaries in order to ‘be kind’. Children are being encouraged to dissociate themselves from their sexed bodies. I can think of a few groups that this will work very well for, can’t you?”

“I’ve been told I must be a man – or at the very least non-binary – because I am good at math, work with computers, and have short hair. I was accused of transphobia when I pointed out these stereotypes were sexist. A former male friend claims he is “part woman/has a woman’s essence” because he likes to wear nail polish. The new enforcement of gender roles is terrifying.”

“Teen girls who are athletes should be spending their time training, not meeting with lawyers and attending court hearings to keep the rights they already have, that women fought hard for them to have.” 

“Far from reducing gender stereotypes gender beliefs seem to reinforce them.”

“One of my greatest fears is having men who are complete strangers providing personal care to me or other women when we are incapacitated by age, dementia, illness etc. It’s already happening on hospital mixed sex wards and on single sex wards with male nurses and carers. No consent sought. It’s so disrespectful and no woman is likely to be comfortable with it.”

“I love swimming and our local pool, built in the 1930s, I think, has 2 communal shower rooms – 1 each for men and women unlike the newer ones which have individual cubicles. I dread the day a man turns up in the women’s because then I will have to give up swimming.” 

“This is a massive backlash against the gains of feminism over the last 50 years. As a sexualised pornified version of women is promoted in media girls and young women are offered no alternative other than rejecting femaleness. Most will feel pressured to imitate the porn their boyfriends watch. This is why proper exploration of attitudes to being a woman is essential before harmful drugs or surgery. Re services These were established by women for women as a political response to male violence. They have become just another social service. I believe it is essential for women to recover from trauma via feminist services. Women only spaces and activities benefit all of us not only ‘victims’ They are a way to build ourselves outside male gaze and must be defended.”

“I will crawl my ass out of a hospital if I had to have a male or “trans woman” nurse!”

“I cannot and will not pretend men are women or share spaces with them. Any attempt to compel me to do so is a sex crime against me and I will report it as such.”

“It is the most vulnerable women who are the most at risk from gender identity ideology. Women in shelters, prisons, hospitals – these are the women at the sharp end, not the middle-class BeKind-ers. It’s cruel. Detransitioners are particularly vulnerable as so many of their ‘friends’ turn their backs on them at a time when good friends are really needed. This isolation on top of what they’re already dealing with must make it so much harder for them, and we should prioritise their health and welfare needs more. Far more. And as for the celebs – some are just stupid, but quite a few know exactly what they are doing and it should never be forgotten the harm they facilitated.”

“I recently went for a cervical smear test. During the week before my appointment, my usual anxieties about the pain, indignity, discomfort and general fear of the procedure was exacerbated this time by the thought of a male nurse carrying out the procedure. While I have had internal exams performed by men in the past, the thought of a male ‘dressed’ and wanting me to pretend he is a female whilst carrying out my smear, was horrendous and I planned to refuse to be examined if that was the situation. I was extremely pleased to have a female nurse practitioner.” 

“It terrifies me that people are condoning men in women’s sports. Women will be injured or be killed. Impressionable people are influenced by celebrities. I believe those celebrities feel they have no choice for the sake of their careers but to go along with the whole theory. Social media is influencing behaviour.”

“Far from “widening the bandwidth of gender”, gender ideology actually narrows the bandwidth of gender for everyone and limits everyone’s ability to dress and behave as they please (without impinging on others’ rights). I was an enthusiastic trans rights supporter and ally when we were campaigning for dignity and human rights for trans people, and to get rid of gender-normative practices (e.g. separate uniforms for males and females). I look forward to sanity returning and being able to advocate simultaneously for women’s rights (including our right to single-sex spaces and to refer to ourselves as women in relation to our sex-based needs e.g. women’s health), for the importance of tracking and recording sex as a major factor in structural oppression, for lesbian rights, for societal tolerance and inclusion of gender non-conformity in all contexts, and for trans human rights, dignity and safety (including third spaces where needed).” 

“I work in mental health – I don’t work with trans clients because I cannot do my job effectively in the current affirmation only climate.”

“Men should not be permitted in women’s sports whatever their testosterone level. They retain all the physical advantages of male puberty. Women have already been raped by male sex offenders in female prisons who got there via self ID. This is against the Geneva Convention for POWs, but it’s apparently ok to torture women.” 

“As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who gets ptsd symptoms around biological males I have had little to no access to rape crisis and domestic abuse services because of their policies of allowing men who identify as women in the spaces. As an autistic woman this has also limited my access to women only autistic groups so I have been left with little to no support and battling with a severe chronic illness alone. When I try and complain I am treated like I am the problem and my complaints are disregarded.”

“The incredible rise in people saying they are trans or non-binary is due to social contagion.”

“The United States has always been a nation of fads. The ROGD is a fad just like anorexia or cutting or other self destructive things young people do. I hope the 660 nationwide protests on Saturday Oct. 2nd, in the United States, for abortion rights, has helped to peak people when there are people who are pro-choice yet telling TERFs that “your brand of feminism is not welcome here, go away!” when rad fems don’t support sex work or porn. There are three things you cannot change: Your genotype (XX or XY); your phenotype (physical expression of that genotype which usually matches), and sexual dimorphism (the fact that male and female bodies are very different). Sexual dimorphism is why men in dresses still look like men. Reality is offensive to them, and they need to get over their narcissism. It’s all a big money grab by Big Pharma. It’s a stealth Trojan Horse to take away women’s rights and enforce rigid gender roles.”

“I’m really worried about the extreme gullibility and desperation for belonging this has exposed in our culture. It is disappointing to realize most people will willingly delude themselves and shut their eyes to the truth in order to avoid loneliness. I don’t believe most women who support trans rights propaganda are concerned about actual violence; most are just worried about losing friends and being seen as mean or old-fashioned.”

“I see trans as an extreme form of conversion therapy so how exploring causes of dysphoria to help someone could be construed as conversion I don’t know. Surgery does not work well and leads to permanent loss of sexual function. How could that possibly be better than accepting your body whatever your sexuality. If we did this with anorexia nervosa it would be called negligent. It is all ideology based not evidence based and that is dangerous.”

“My mother, was given personal care while in hospital in the last week of her life, by a man. This greatly upset her. If it weren’t for covid I would have put a stop to it.” 

“It’s hard to see the regression into reifying sex role stereotypes, dismantling decades of women’s work to carve out public space/sport/voice/services for women. Women are having to fight to save our past gains, while being gaslit by the ‘left’ and ‘progressives’.” 

“The fact that we have to adhere to sexist stereotypes is both a slap to the face to the lgb and feminist movement. Young people are being affected by this, and the ignorance of the growing amount of detrans people is concerning, society doesn’t want to see the reality of what’s happening.”

“As a domestic violence survivor, I will avoid services that are actively helping men who identify as women. I would avoid group therapy than share in a session with a male.” 

“I played an exclusively female sport called ringette and it’s now open to men. Don’t want to play with them, it’s not fun to be afraid of being injured by one of them.” 

“FOR MYSELF, I DO NOT CONFORM TO SEX/GENDER STEREOTYPES. I don’t care. Whatever I do, I do it as a woman, so? I am sure there are people who are influenced by celebrities, but I am not. I find them silly. Like so many mindless fools, they follow rather than actually THINK.” 

“Extremely concerned by so called “anti conversion therapy” laws which can silence and restrict therapists who wish to discourage young people from altering their bodies to live as the opposite “gender” or sex. It is never a medically neutral outcome.”

“I don’t’ even know really what non binary is! I think in my day it meant you were a person with varied interests, now you need a special label! I wear men’s clothing at times, because being a larger size, it works out cheaper on occasion. Doesn’t make me a man though! No interest in makeup, handbags, clothes or shoes, nope still a woman!”

“Celebs suck generally but people listen to them.”

“I think that ‘conversion therapy’ is badly understood. I see no problem with asking questions and making sure that somebody is correct about their identity when they are using that person’s beliefs in order to approve major medications/surgeries. For the record, I don’t think it is wrong to ask such questions of a person’s sexual orientation either. I oppose forms of ”therapy” that actively aim towards making somebody decide that they are or are not trans. I think therapy should be exploratory, not aiming to ‘talk them out of it’.”

“The concept of ‘non-binary’ enforces gender stereotypes on people who do not wish to identify as such.”

“A woman who, for instance, has been a victim of sexual assault at male hands (as so many women and girls have been) who asks for a female nurse or doctor should have that respected, not be gaslighted and called a bigot for objecting to a male bodied trans identifying professional. Patients are not there to validate the identity of healthcare staff.”

“Women need single sex spaces. Men should NOT be in female sport, their bodies confer advantages. When they die and an anthropologist digs them up, they will know they are male, from their skeleton. And DNA. It’s in every cell that men are male. And women are female. I can put a dress and wig and makeup on a teddy bear and change the name from Ted to Tina. Doesn’t make it a woman.” 

“In my view, any male providing intimate care without a woman’s informed and genuine consent, is committing sexual assault. The reason language is being co-opted and women are losing the right to speak, is so that this group of men can sexually assault women with impunity. No decent male would want to be near a woman if he knew he made her uncomfortable. This is all about a sub-set of men wanting to put their fingers and penises in places they’re not allowed to.” 

“Men in women’s prisons is my deepest concern. Its these voices we need to hear more of. As well as the prospect of men sharing hospital wards. Audits need to be carried for mental health accommodation arrangements.” 

“I am astonished that so many people have absolutely no intelligence on this matter whatsoever! Either that, or are in awe of the ‘be kind’ trend, and unwilling to deviate from the herd.” 

“Men competing in women’s category in sports is dangerous as well as unfair, due to the physical advantages that male puberty gives the men.” 

“I am concerned by everything you mention.”

“The WHO needs to recategorize dysphoria as a mental issue.”

“I personally decided not to join the local YMCA, as I was told all locker rooms are open to any sex. I will not use a bathroom or locker room with men. It is not safe.”

“As a rape victim, I am hugely worried at the effect gender ideology is having on women’s ability to seek help after such a trauma. I wouldn’t have been able to be anywhere near a man I didn’t already know and trust in the days, weeks and months after my attack, and it wouldn’t have made any difference to me if he identified as female.”

“In general my career and many of my interests are regarded typically male interests. I struggle against sexist attitudes every day.”

“Re: question 70, my friends and I are in our 40’s and came of age well before the spread of trans idiocy. I am sorry to say my friends have fallen to the imperative to just be nice to trans-identified people, but even they know better than to enforce gender stupidity on me. I do feel sorry for younger women who are subject to it, though.” 

“Women are going to have to fight tooth and nail to keep these predators out of our medical care settings and shelters, prisons etc. Even if you are privileged enough never to need a safe shelter or worry about being imprisoned by the patriarchal government, the only thing between any of us and being elderly and disabled is time.”

“It has not passed me by that the Trans lobby are keen to ensure you respect whatever anyone tells you they are, unless you tell them you do not ascribe to gender stereotypes and have no desire to be referred to as non-binary. I am only mid 30s and have fought against regressive gender stereotypes my entire life. Now I’m being told that is transphobic, unless I wish to admit I’m actually male or non-binary. I will not have a label forced on me. I am me, and I don’t want society to place pointless restrictions on me due to my sex or otherwise. Despite Stonewall’s definitions, I am not trans. I have a sex that is immovable and beyond that I fight to be treated with respect and without sexism. What I wear is an expression on my personality, not my sex or my sexuality. It does not change my generic make up or affect how I measure up against members of the opposite sex.” 

“I am a therapist and am very concerned about the restriction on my capacity for exploratory work in gender identity.” 

“I’m not as bothered by non binary, as it showcases that a person can have a range of behaviours. I still hate the motivation, though: the idea that ancient sex-role stereotypes are accepted by these numpties instead of challenged.”

“Like I say, it’s a cult. A cult that’s a cover for predatory or misogynistic behaviour and attitudes.”

“As an athlete, the issue of men identifying into women’s sports is particularly galling. Also, as a child of the 70s (Free to be You and Me), I find the re-imposition of strict gender stereotypes so very sad.”

“Women have fought against stereotypes for decades, it is bizarre that trans ideology is enforcing stereotypes now.” 

“All of these questions are so important. I can’t express strongly enough how deeply concerning all this is.” 

“You should not need to be surgically mutilated to gain validation. The answer is not the knife, surely there is another way.”

“The idea that a woman can have no say in the person who examines her is shocking. The idea that a woman has to share a changing room locks a lot of women out of public spaces.”

“I have worked with women in rape crisis services, and also in secure psychiatric settings. Given their experiences, it’s really important that they have access to female-only services. A lot have abusive histories by male perpetrators. For them to be housed in services with trans-identified male service users, or be supported by trans-identified staff (e.g., therapists) may be hugely traumatising.”

“I became concerned about this issue when I heard about Mridul Wadwa ‘educating’ women to accept male examiners and counsellors at rape crisis centres. Since then I’ve become more concerned at everything I learn about gender ideology.”

“We fought so hard for our sex based rights to safety, dignity and privacy. We must not lose them.”

“Identities are just labels, in the private sphere. My deepest concern is how they are being used as the basis of public policy and service design.” 

“I’ve been challenging gender stereotypes for 60 years. Thankfully my children and grandchildren are biological realists.”

“My concern re celebrities coming out as non-binary or trans is mainly the vulnerable children who emulate them without really recognising the implications/consequences.” 

“It’s becoming increasingly obvious that gender ideology is totalitarian and oppressive, and that it has to be pushed all the way back. It has to start by refusing to use their words such as AFAB/ AMAB, cis, etc.”

“I don’t really care one way or another about celebrities The sports thing concerns me, as women should be able to play with strictly other bio females. But that’s more of a luxury. Especially the Olympics. I am MOST concerned about myself and other women to have to accept personal intimate care from males who all too often take sexual advantage of them up to and including rape or sexual assault. Same with having to share institutionalized or intimate group spaces with bio males, including locker rooms and bathrooms. Already statistics showing women getting sexually assaulted in these mixed spaces. As a Dyke Feminist and Amazon Warrior/ Witch/ Priestess I worked too damn hard to overcome sex stereotypes and had a 23 year career in the Union Electrical trade where I fought this b.s. all the time. As a pre teen then teen, I got into ice hockey in 7th and 8th grade, the ONLY girl in the entire league, then Martial arts in 9th grade, 1974, way before either were popular with girls and women. Like so many tomboy types and Butch Lesbians, WE BROKE GROUND WHERE OTHER FEMALES FEARED TO TREAD. This would mean nowadays, a female would be suspected to ” be a boy”. Quick. Let’s change her room, all her clothes to the opposite sex, and put her on puberty blockers. As it was, my family had me in therapy for crossing the gender enforced line and refusing ” femininity”. I so woulda loved to see some positive Butch Lesbian role models!!! I don’t care WHO thinks WHAT of me, I fought this fight for too long. I KNOW WHO I AM: An out loud and proud Butch DykeAmazon whose FEMALE PROUD, and will ALWAYS support my Lesbian Sisters of all ages, races, shapes, sizes and temperaments l, especially Female Proud Sister Butches!!!”

“Women’s sport and other reserved categories were established to ensure safety and fairness. These are being eroded.”

“I am concerned about providers being misinformed about or deliberately misapplying the Equalities Act. Recently my elderly mother needed personal care after major surgery. The t&cs from the care company stated that they were an equal opportunities employer (useful for a job applicant, irrelevant to clients), then listed ‘gender’ as a protected characteristic (it isn’t) and left out both sex and gender reassignment. I found nothing in the T&Cs that stated clients could request carers of the same sex for personal care. My mother was unaware that she could request this under the Equalities Act. As it happened, she did have female carers for washing and dressing but it looks as if the company does not understand the Equalities Act.”

“All of these fools are erasing women.” 

“Women are entitled to single sex spaces (particularly when being detained against their will and/or at their most vulnerable) and single sex care as a basic right and to be able to compete safely and in fair competitions. Everyone is entitled to non-directive therapy, and therapists should be allowed to practice on this basis (and only on this basis). The re-imposition of sexist stereotypes is a backwards step and goes against what feminism (and surely the gay liberation movement too) fought for. The attacks on de-transitioners (who’ve already suffered at the hands of this ideology) just go to show the true nature of the movement as cultish, misogynistic, abusive and narcissistic. It is a world away from the desire of gender-dysphoric people (predominantly gay men) to live an easier life. The experiences of gay, bisexual and non-gender-conforming people seem to be being cynically used for self-publicity by some celebrities. The fact that females have been subject to severe danger in the sporting arena also shows the total disregard for scientific fact and for the safety welfare of women and girls inherent in gender ideology.” 

“I have never been a girly girl. I am an individual who happens to be of the female sex. My sex controls my physical capabilities and my role in reproduction but everything else is just me. Making girls and boys feel they have to behave in a particular way or they are wrong is abusive. Growing up I was denied opportunities because of my sex, I cannot bear to see girls losing spaces to boys in the sports I was not allowed to take part in. I have been raped and sexually assaulted. I get to decide who touches my body and to refuse all males access to places where I am undressed or asleep. Detransitioners are the canaries in the coal mine. We must hear their stories.” 

“Women may ask for a female to provide intimate care, but on the rare occasions that only a male is available it is unfortunate and potentially embarrassing. However, that is still less distressing than being told that the male in the frock is a female.”

“Safeguarding.”

“In general, sex matters in every aspect of our lives, and women as a protected characteristic should have freedom of choice and dignity and safety, but it is all in danger of being rudely stripped away from us.”

“On affirmation and detransition, I refer you to the recent Merched Cymru and LGBA Cymru webinar on this topic which includes a brilliant interaction between Dr Az Hakeen and Sinead Watson. They say it better than I can.”

“My answer to question 70 doesn’t relate to me personally but to my concern for women who do feel pressurised by this.” 

“Fuck celebrities, but this is just part of the misinformation and propaganda of it all.” 

“As someone who regularly needs to go to the hospital, I am really scared of the growing gender identity movement.”

“I am massively concerned about all of this. I fight this full time.”

“In my view the trans movement is deeply reactionary. I’ve spent my life confronting stereotypes to find them coming back in trans issues.”

“I’ve been a victim of rape and sexual assault, I can’t imagine how traumatising it would be to seek refuge and help to then be expected to be seen by a male. If I got arrested there’s no way I’d wanna be searched by a man. I don’t trust them, and it takes a while for me to. I don’t meet people with hostility, but there’s certain things I don’t want to experience with a man. For example; cervical screening, strip search if arrested. God forbid I ended up in prison with a trans woman, there have been reports already of this being abused by men. It’s sickening how fears of rape are being silenced. If transwomen really understood women, they’d understand why this makes us uncomfortable and why we have a distrust of men. Being the physically weaker sex is unfortunately our reality and men have always taken advantage of it. And you can see this now in sports.”

“I am particularly concerned about how this effects poor women and marginalised women. Better off women may be able to pay for services – choose a woman therapist after rape for example, but poor women depend on public services.”

“I am very concerned about men in women’s spaces.”

“Single sex spaces are vital: I have used them when at crisis point and would not have accessed a mixed sex space.”

“I am terrified of having to use the services of the NHS. When women report men on their wards, the staff have been instructed to say that there is no man present. It’s heinous institutional abuse of women. I’m scared for the future.” 

“There is nothing more cruel than making women who have been sexually assaulted share their spaces and services with males. I am disgusted that anyone would feel this is acceptable.” 

“It’s all disgusting. The success of trans tactics tells us how little governments care for the welfare of women.”

“WHEN WILLL THE INSANITY STOP??”

“I don’t know where to start. I feel overwhelmed and sick sometimes with it all.”

“Sports was the one thing that made my life as a GNC female bearable, then awesome. Sports was where I met other strong girls and women, bonded with them, learned and grew with them, became a strong, independent woman with them. Without those tight knit communities of female athletes my entire life would have been different. To think of girls and women missing out on those opportunities because of boys and men with porn identities makes me rage. For most of my life, female athletes got less resources, opportunities, and attention. Now boys and men want to take what little female athletes have. It’s outrageous.”

“I am not personally affected by many of the space issues but I can understand and empathise with women in those situations where this ‘inclusion’ is highly damaging and actually ends up excluding women.”

“I’m horrified that men’s feelings come before women’s again in the name of inclusion, and their rights override ours. To prioritise affirming a man’s identity over the feelings of a woman and her right to choose is state sponsored sexual abuse. How the hell did we get here? I think we should all come out as non binary so that the younger generation are repulsed enough to reject it as a concept. Nothing more embarrassing than having something in common with the older generation.”

“In some cities trans women police officers are permitted to perform intrusive body searches on women. This is of great concern.”

“Girls and women just reached the ability to gain scholarships and awards for sports and political office – we have to stop these non-women in our arenas.”

“Non binary is a trendy part of the trans cult. Men in women’s sport is downright dangerous.”

“I am concerned!”

“Males have inherent advantage over females in sports. Some female athletes are giving up or bring silenced.”

“Learning about “trans widows” opened my eyes to the harms of validating AGP men. I do not consent and I do not consent to the harms to autistic children and all non-conforming children. I have also supported campaigns about sport. Allowing men in women’s sport belittles women’s achievements. I would have had empathy for Elaine Page but she went onto Oprah and tried to sell the false suicide statistics.”

“Many people are fragile in their sense of their own identity, and are vulnerable to being persuaded that their personal insecurities qualify them to enter one or other of these nebulous categories of ‘identity’, especially if doing so confers special ‘victim’ or ‘martyr’, or ‘particularly sensitive’ status.”

“Taking away women’s spaces in sport is a disgrace on women’s rights.”

“I don’t want men in women’s safe spaces, especially hospital wards and prisons when we’re at our most vulnerable. I don’t consent to this, but if I complain, I’m the bigot and transphobe!!”

“The trendy ‘spicy straight’ ‘non-binary’ ‘queer’ celebrities are purveyors of such emotional damage, along with the idea that liking ‘gendered’ clothes or toys changes your sex.”

“Why do people give a shit about celebrities anyhow???”

“I don’t care what other people think of me. I don’t rely on external validation especially when those opinions are derived from a nonsensical ideology. It is terrifying that woman are being forced to accept men into their safe spaces. A lot of women in prison have been victims of DV they now have to share prisons with violent male sex offenders and if they misgender them they face punishment and additional jail time- it is a sick society that allows that to happen. TRAs are fighting to close women only services. Raped women are being told they will be re-educated if they are not comfortable being intimately examined by a man or with sharing a refuge with men. Women are being sexually assaulted in hospital and men’s wants still being prioritised over women’s needs & safety.”

“Women in prison have no options. They are being forced to mix with male sex offenders. Men’s feelings taking preference over women’s safety.”

“That the world has gone this mad, in such denial of reality, and with such subterfuge and stealth, stinks, to say the least. I feel powerless.”

“This is a cult that is removing safeguarding measures for women and girls. It has to be fought against to prevent ever more male abuse towards females.” 

“This anti women agenda being pushed by Stonewall is harmful to women. Evidence based debate with all stakeholders must be made a priority.”

“I do not fully understand non binary. Does that make me a bad person? I do not know. I thought it could mean not conforming to gendered expectations but that would not, e.g. stop me being a woman. But apparently it is more than that…”

“’Non binary’ is complex. In younger people, I think it’s often a ‘no thank you’ reply to sexism and to other labels and may be quite a healthy option in the current climate but in older people, it is often a way for quite troublesome people to get attention and get leverage over others.”